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Julie Stock is an independent author of contemporary romance . Author's debut novel From Here to Nashville was published on February 16th, 2015 and a proud member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and of The Society of Authors.
Julie Stock Blog
1w ago
Just a quick post today to let you know that I have been featured as the Author of the Day on the ManyBooks website today. I was delighted to be contacted and then interviewed for the site. You can read my answers to the questions posed and find out more about my latest book Starting Over ..read more
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1w ago
Having goals gives you a focus The UK lockdown began on my 55th birthday – what a way to celebrate… At first, I found it a bit of a novelty to have the rest of my family at home, but I realised pretty quickly that I would need to use goals to motivate myself if ..read more
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1w ago
Looking back over the decade We’re just a couple of weeks away from the end of 2019, and also from the end of another decade. When you’re in your fifties, these years and decades seem to pass more and more quickly. But when I look back to 2009, I hadn’t even started writing at that ..read more
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1w ago
As human beings we have an essential need to tell and listen to stories from the minute we’re born: from reading stories to our children, to describing our day to family and friends, from listening to music, especially songs, to writing letters, or the modern day equivalent of using social media. Storytelling is integral to ..read more
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1w ago
Standing up for what I believe in Yesterday, I went on the People’s March in London – my first march of my life, aged 54 and a half. In case you’re worrying that this is going to be a political post, it isn’t, honestly. Whether you agree with my view on this or not, the ..read more
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1w ago
How the excitement of publication day never gets old I’ve been writing since 2013 and indie publishing since 2015, and in that time, I’ve published six romance novels/novellas with two more coming very soon. You’d think by now that I’d be getting used to publication days and maybe feeling a bit blasé about them, but ..read more
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1w ago
This month I have news about podcasts and promotions for you, as well as the latest news about book three. My first podcast interview is now live As I mentioned in my last blog post, I recently gave my first podcast interview to Paul Teague for his selfpublishingjourneys.com podcast. Since then, I’ve been waiting with ..read more
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1w ago
As some of you may have seen if you’ve liked my Facebook page, this week I gave my first indie author podcast interview. Paul Teague from the Self-Publishing Journeys podcast invited me a few weeks ago and I said yes before I could talk myself out of it! If you click on the link above and ..read more
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1w ago
Holidays I’m just back from a lovely holiday in the Lake Garda area of Italy where it was mostly hot and sometimes thundery. It’s a beautiful area though and we explored it to the full, taking in Milan, Verona and Venice, as well as some of the beautiful villages around the southern end of the ..read more
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1w ago
Another month in my writing life has gone by, and at times, it feels like I don’t have a lot to show for it. However, all the marketing work I’ve been doing this past month will hopefully yield some results in the very near future. Author Talks Firstly, I gave a talk at Flitwick Library ..read more