Thursday 30 November 2006

Christmas story







We are all beginning the countdown to Christmas now. On the Historical Romance authors we are going to have a Christmas story that all the writers will write for you. You can get into this site through the links on my website if you don't know it.






Monday 27 November 2006

having fun


I have just sent off my latest Regency to M&B and now I am having fun making book trailers for friends. I have made a couple of them so far and the first will have a link on my website. I may put some links on for you another night but I am waiting for one of them to load. I have to make sure it works as it should before putting it on, because I don't want to be stuck trying to take it off.
I was going to tell you about June Francis. She lives in Liverpool and writes wonderful sagas set there. One of my favourites is called Coming Home to Liverpool, but she has written so many more lovely books. If you don't know of her you should look for her books at the library, though you might be lucky enough to buy her in paperback. She writes about wonderful charachters and her writing is warm and has its own charm.
The book shown tonight is the third in my Civil War series from Severn House. It is available from libraries or from amazon.
I think that is enough for this evening. Love to you all, Linda

Thursday 23 November 2006

Problem solved


I have just changed to Internet Explorer 7 and it has created problems with my blog! I did the first little bit on my laptop and it kept clicking off, but now I have managed to get in on the desktop - hurrah!
I wanted to tell you about Too Hot To Handle. This is my first ebook and is with Triskelion. It is the story of Sylvie and Rafe. He is handsome, a little arrogant and a business man on a mission. Sylvie is beautiful but she has been hurt. when they first meet there is a mutual attraction, but it is not until they are in Paris that the affair becomes too hot to handle. It seems that they were made for each other, but then Sylvie discovers something that makes her think Rafe is using her. Will they be able to sort out their problems or is their love affair doomed to failure?
that really is all for tonight.Linda

Back again


Today I finished my latest book. That makes eight for the year! Now I am going to take a break and start getting Christmas presents ready for a large extended family.
My ebook is called Too Hot to Handle and I will tell you more about it next time. I am having problems with the blog this evening.

Monday 20 November 2006

A good day!


I was going to tell you about my new venture as Anne Ireland, but I shall leave that for another day. This morning I received a parcel from my publisher which was very pleasing. It contained three copies of a German translation of A Perfect Knight. I had not had a German translation for a while so that was exciting, but it is very satisifying that it should be the Banewulf Dynasty. This series has now been published in seven countries, including Greece, America, France and Italy. The French covers were absolutely fantastic but the German is very good too. I have been counting back and I am not sure exactly how many, but I think there have been over thirty foreign rights this year, which is fantastic. I really feel that at last I am getting somewhere. I have had some really nice comments from readers lately and that is what it is all about. It is the reason I write, to give as much pleasure as writing gives me.


Next time I will tell you about the new venture and soon I am going to write about June Francis and her books.

Love to you all, Linda/Anne

Saturday 18 November 2006

Nice morning


The sun is just coming out as I write this and we are about to drive down to the sea. We like to look at the sea even though it may be too cold for a walk on the front if the wind is bitter as it often is at this time of year, but we have to go anyway, because something needs fixing at the sea house.


I just want to tell you about Paula Marshall. We met atHMB when the Steepwood series was coming up, and became friends during the period when all the authors were phoning each other to check on various things. the series had to follow on book by book, each author revealing a piece of the background mystery while writing their own story. Paula and I chatted a lot on the phone and continued friends until she became very ill last Christmas. I miss her calls because we talked about things that interested us both, mainly writing, though Paul was a fount of knowledge on all kinds of things.


She was writing a regency, which I do not think will ever be finished unfortunately, but she wrote over forty books, which have been published. One of my favourites was An Improper Duenna, but there were so many more. She wrote two of the Steepwood books, as we all did, and she also wrote two of a Tudor quartet that I shared with her. Her books were an inspiration and I think her publisher must miss her contribution.


Next time, I will tell you about my book as Anne Ireland. It is an ebook, a first in this medium for me. Love to all, Linda
PS the pic with 29% off came from amazon. I don't know if the offer is still on. It may be and these books all have wonderful covers - worth collecting the set?

Tuesday 14 November 2006

A busy day


This is the cover of the first of a Civil War Trilogy that I wrote for Severn House. It was published in hard back and then in paperback, and the third book has recently come out in hardback.
At the moment I am working on more regencies for Mills & Boon, but I had proofs come this morning and so they have to take priority now until they are finished, hence the busy day. The morning spent typing new stuff, the afternoon devoted to correcting proofs.
I wanted to tell you about some new ventures. The first is my crime series with Severn House. I am very excited about this, because I haven't done anything quite like it before. It is what you might call cosy crime set in villages mostly in the twenties. Sarah Beaufort and Larch Meadows are amateur sleuths who team up with an ex Scotland Yard Inspector to solve the murders - some of which are far from cosy. I am hoping that this will develop into at least a trilogy and perhaps more. The first book will be published in hardback in Febuary 2007.
My next venture is contemporary in ebook for Triskelion. I do not know yet when this will be available, but it is rather fun learning all the new stuff that this technology requires. The title is Too Hot To Handle, and I'll tell you more about it nearer the time.
Next time I post I want to tell you about one of my writing friends. I am going to start with Paula Marshall, because she is such a wonderful writer of Regency and historical books.
Love to you all, Linda

Monday 13 November 2006

Finally made it!




It took me ages to get back in this morning, but I finally got here. Well, this is me sitting by a pool in Spain. I thrive on sunshine and some of my best work gets done there - at least so my editor says.


My first blog was about my Linda Sole books, but this time I want to tell you about my books for Mills & Boon as Anne Herries. I have been writing for them for some years, though I took a break to do mainstream for a while, which is when Lovers & Sinners got written. I went back to them after a few years and have been writing more and more ever since. Under various names it is more than seventy books published now, and I am still as enthusiastic about every book I write.


I have written well over thirty of my books as Anne Herries. A Damnable rogue won the RNA Romance Prize for 2004, which was a wonderful feeling for me. It may not be the Oscars but I was close to tears just the same and made a very emotional speech. My sister was sitting beside me and almost strangled me when it was announced. I think she was almost more excited than me! Since then I've increased my output for Mills and Boon and am now writing 4/5 books a year. My latest are the Hellfire Trilogy, the first of which comes out in paperback this December, though it is already for sale on the Net.


Next time, I will tell you about new ventures, and in the future I want to talk to you about books I love, and authors I admire. So it isn't all going to be about me. I hope you will join me here sometimes. Love to you all, Linda

www.lindasole.co.uk

Sunday 12 November 2006

Talking about books with Linda


Hello everyone. I have opened this blog so that I can talk to my readers and hopefully lots of other people about my books and those of authors I like and admire. Some of the authors will be friends, and some will be just authors I have picked after reading a book they have written.


First of all let me tell you about myself. I write as Linda Sole, Anne Herries and coming soon Triskelion. the Linda sole books go back some years. The first one was Lovers& Sinners, which was successful for Century. However, I now write for Severn House as Linda Sole and my latest book with them is Wish Down the Moon, which is third in a trilogy called the Country House Series.


Tomorrow I will tell you about my Anne Herries books and then I'll go on to write about some favourite authors. Bye for now, Linda