Cathie Dunn writes...

I'm delighted to spotlight a brilliant, gripping thriller today:  Bad Moon Rising by the talented  Frances di Plino   Because from today, Bad Moon Rising will be available in paperback ! You know what that means? No excuses! One more soul is safe. Released earlier this year, the highly acclaimed story made it to the semi-finals of The Kindle Book Review 2012, it received raving reviews and rose high up the Amazon Kindle charts. New York Times bestselling author, Amanda Hodgkinson , called it, "Tense, fast paced and gripping. A brilliant debut.", whilst others have remarked on Frances di Plino's outstanding debut. But just who is Frances? Frances di Plino is the pseudonym of columnist, editor, non-fiction author, short story writer, poet and writing tutor, Lorraine Mace . Writing as Frances di Plino gives her the opportunity to allow the dark side of her personality to surface and take control. She is currently working on Someday Never Comes , the ...

Today, I welcome fellow Crooked Cat author KB Walker whose gripping, heartfelt contemporary novel, Once Removed , is now available in paperback. Many congratulations, Kimm! Over to you... A Mouse in a Cheese Factory In 2009 I self-published my memoir, A Life Less Lost , because I had the opportunity to speak alongside a best-selling author and realised I didn’t have time to go through the submission and publication process. Demand for copies had grown through readings done at speaking engagements so I took a risk and did it myself.