Episodes

  • Wild Hearts Bright Stars
    Apr 24 2025

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    * Sometimes you need to find out who you were before you discover who you are
    * Decisions shaping life are made for you, often by those you love
    * Frank and Ruth reunite with a second chances; should they follow their dreams, their hearts - or both?
    * Where Native American folklore blurs the lines between myth and reality, what do you believe?
    * If we are haunted by events and people from the past, do we resist? or let them in?
    Beneath the vast Wyoming sky, where stars whisper secrets and destiny unfolds.
    Frank's past is a mystery, a puzzle pieced together from his father's deathbed revelations. Who was his mother? And why do shadowy figures seek to silence the truth? Driven by cryptic letters and the promise of a hidden legacy, he leaves England for the untamed grasslands of Wyoming.
    In a land where Native American folklore dances with reality, Frank's journey becomes a quest for identity, love, and the secrets buried in the heart of the West. He and Ruth, offered a second chance, must choose between the safe harbor of their dreams and the wild call of their hearts.
    Haunted by the past, guided by the stars, they find themselves entangled in a web of mystery, romance, and danger. Can they unravel the truth before it's too late? And will the ancient spirits of the land reveal the hidden gold Custer never found?
    "Wild Hearts Bright Stars" is a feel-good Western woven with threads of romance, tragedy, and mysticism. Where two worlds collide, and the brightest stars illuminate the path to destiny.
    Where the past whispers secrets, and the future gleams with golden possibilities. A 'happy place' where romance meets legend, and the spirit of the West shines bright.
    Another haunting western tale from the 'Wild Hearts' series (Wild Hearts Roam Free and Wild Hearts Come Home).
    Thanks to Carmen Sanchez for the book cover image on the eBook, by the way...

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    1 min
  • Wild Hearts Come Home
    Apr 24 2025

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    There's often an element of truth in most fiction...
    * If you had a second chance, what life choices would you change?Joss has that chance; but does his Wyoming adventure give him the right choices?* His girl, Polly, meets someone else and she discovers who she really is.But where does that leave him?* Polly and Joss become unable to control - let alone understand - what is real and what is imagined.Maybe it ends in tragedy or enlightenment. Does it - and - if so, for whom?
    Home is where the heart finds its untamed truth. Here's what really happened...
    A world away from her rural English life, we join Polly, a young woman embarking on a journey to the vast, windswept grasslands of 1970s Wyoming, seeking a place where her wild heart can finally belong.
    Have you ever felt the pull of a life beyond the horizon? The whisper of a destiny waiting to be claimed? This is her story. A story of daring to chase a dream, even when common sense screams caution.
    With Joss by her side, she ventures into the untamed beauty of the American West, where the spirit of the Lakota Sioux echoes through the canyons and the promise of a new beginning shimmers in the golden sunlight. But the path to belonging is fraught with challenges, and the guardian spirits of the land offer no guarantees. It's a world where the spirit of the West reigns supreme. And the land holds secrets, and the path to belonging is fraught with both beauty and peril.
    "Wild Hearts Come Home" is a feel-good modern Western that explores the depths of love, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring power of finding your true home. Join Joss and Polly as they forge friendships, face adversity, and discover the magic of a land where wild hearts find their way back.
    Where the soul finds its sanctuary, and the heart discovers its home. Some would call that heaven.
    The author writes: “Similar to its forerunner, WILD HEARTS ROAM FREE, this second story embraces the pioneer spirit within one of the most spellbinding regions of America. It draws in characters and aspects from the Lakota Sioux culture, embracing its spirituality, origins and heritage that, hopefully, will continue to bless a land striving to regain freedom for all.
    My forefathers were privileged to receive the Lakota Sioux Indian, Chief Sitting Bull, as a guest - in their hometown of Exmouth, Devon (!). Over a century later, the story of that visit, handed to me by my father, inspired me to write this fictional account - a make-believe feel-good tale of a land where I once very nearly settled to call home.”
    Perfect for lovers of Longmire, Lonesome Dove, and Dances With Wolves.

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    1 min
  • Wild Hearts Roam Free
    Apr 24 2025

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    There's a lot of truth in how this western story began - until unreality takes over...
    Contemporary Western Fiction and the modern frontier pioneer
    * Eric and Maggie live the dream in 1960's Wyoming - a modern wild west.
    * Live ranch life alongside them, with adventure just around the corner.
    * This "Western" uncovers a NEW Wild West where modern cowboys work with indigenous Lakota Sioux to build on a legacy left at The Little Bighorn a century before
    A Spiritual and Historical Story - or a Romance steeped in the Paranormal?
    1960s Wyoming: A land where the echo of Custer's last stand still lingers, and the untamed spirit of the Old West collides with the promise of a new era. Eric and Maggie, escaping the confines of industrial England, seek a life where their wild hearts can truly roam free.It's also a land where the spirits of the past whisper on the wind, and the future is forged in the heart of the wild.
    The Lazy B Ranch becomes their gateway to a world of breathtaking grasslands, where the Lakota Sioux's legacy intertwines with the raw beauty of the wilderness. Here, man, animal, and nature clash in a dance as old as time, and the ghosts of the past rise to protect the delicate balance.
    Witness a love story forged in the crucible of the new Wild West, where wolves stalk the plains, mustangs thunder across the horizon, and the legendary white buffalo roams free. Join Eric and Maggie as they navigate a world of untamed beauty, forbidden passions, and the enduring power of the pioneer spirit.
    More than a love story, more than a historical drama – "Wild Hearts Roam Free" is a journey into the soul of the American West. Where dreams are as vast as the open sky, and anything is possible.
    As long as you survive...

    (Also look out for WILD HEARTS Come Home and WILD HEARTS Bright Stars.)

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    1 min
  • The bad review that turned out good!
    Mar 2 2025

    I loved writing this story the first time - so much so, that I re-wrote it!

    Well , actually, if you really want to know the truth someone - one person - left a bad review on my Amazon listing. It turned out to be a hoax - said person slammed a whole bunch of products on Amazon. My book just got caught up in it.

    But the damage was done. I re-read, revised, and re-wrote the whole book, even though the first version was pretty good anyway. I re-published it and took the opportunity to re-promote it for more sales.

    Here's more about this murder -mystery - romance set in Volterra, here: https://www.newnovel.co.uk/those-italian-girls

    (Image courtesy of Red Charlie)

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    8 mins
  • A starter guide to publishing your first eBook
    Mar 2 2025

    Imagine the thrill of sharing your first novel with friends and family - on your Kindle reader.

    As long as you have access to a laptop you can create your own novel, anthology of poems or short stories, an autobiography - at no cost, published through Amazon KDP.

    Best of all , if you go viral, you could be onto a bestseller!

    (Image courtesy of Madalyn Cox)

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    17 mins
  • Publish in paperback with no upfront cost
    Mar 2 2025

    There's nothing like picking up for first PRINTED copy of your first book and leafing through the pages - page after page of creativity over which you spent hours writing, re-writing, correcting, revising - until you feel it's perfect for your first reader to sense the same thrill.

    And the best part? If you use Kindle Direct Publishing, it's every bit as easy as creating the eBook version. Even more amazing, you can order just one copy a time - for less than a fiver (give or take).

    All you need to know to get started is here: https://www.newnovel.co.uk/publish-in-paperback

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    25 mins
  • Simple, no-cost guide to self-publishing for independent authors
    Mar 1 2025

    Getting your novel published - from delivery of the manuscript to the bookshelves - can take up to two years.

    Or - you could self publish from a blank page - not a word written - to your first reader copy withing two MONTHS.

    It's easier than you think, and with no up-front costs.

    P.S. Author John Morey did just that with his first romantic novel, Finding Rose - that went on to be a four-book series, 'Love Should Never Be This Hard'.

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    6 mins
  • The other side of the story - another viewpoint
    Mar 1 2025

    Some of the best classic fiction allows their characters to take centre stage - each stating their point of view at strategic points in the same story.

    Why should your novel be built around one character? Guess what - it doesn't. Just as in life - where there's never just one side to the story - so it can be and often should be in the best novels - especially the ever-popular 'saga'.

    John Morey, in his series, 'Love Should Never Be This Hard', even goes so far as to publish two novels centred around one storyline - in Rose: The Missing Years and 'Finding Rose' - both on Amazon.

    Above all, it really allows the reader to get to know every side of each character.

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    10 mins