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 at the Vineyard in Alsace at the link here. And if you’d like to purchase my book, you can do so here! The post Author of the Day – ManyBooks appeared first on Julie Stock - Contemporary Romance Author ..read more

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 I was to get any work done. Thankfully, I had the final edits of my latest book, Starting Over at the Vineyard in Alsace, to work through and send off to my editor and proofreader. Those deadlines are actually a lifesaver if you’re a full-time author. Without them, I might not have got so much done. But I gave myself those deadline goal ..read more

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 who we are. I was thinking about this when I went to a Fado evening with my husband last month in London. We’ve always loved Fado, the traditional Portuguese folk singing, since we first heard it on a holiday to Ericeira, north of Lisbon in the 1990s. Characterised by often ..read more