Some of you might know that although I write as Georgina Troy for my contemporary romance series, The Jersey Scene, I also write in my own name, Deborah Carr (or D M Carr). I'm delighted to have been interviewed as me (Deborah Carr) for the May edition of Writing Magazine for a new column, 'I Wish I'd Known...'
I'll be talking about my fear and a little about my historical romance, (as Deborah Carr), Broken Faces, as well as A Jersey Dreamboat (book 3 in my Jersey Scene Series) and A Jersey Bombshell (book 4) which I'm editing for publication in June/July.
If you subscribe to the magazine and read the piece please let me know what you think.
I can't believe I'm now working on edits for book 4 in my Jersey Scene Series. I love revisiting my characters and their story and working with my fabulous editor, Cat Camacho.
The series has seen three books out in three years and this latest one, A Jersey Bombshell, should be out in June/July. It was originally to be April, but I had to have an operation which has put the edits back and so the publication date.
The two winners of the Goodreads giveaway for one of two signed copies of book 3, A Jersey Dreamboat, have been now been notified and the books will be sent to them later today. Thanks for everyone who entered and I hope the two winners enjoy reading their copies of the book.
This is a series of books but they are stand alone. Each book is set in Jersey and one other place, apart from A Jersey Kiss which is only set here on the island. The main characters from each book will make appearances in the following books in the series, but the books can be read in any order.
So far the feedback for this series has been wonderful and I'm always happy to hear from anyone if they have a special place in the island that means something to them that they might wish to see included in a later book in the series. If you do, please get in touch.
I forgot to mention that there's a two-book giveaway over at Goodreads for a signed copy of A Jersey Dreamboat.
With A Jersey Bombshell (book four) coming out in a few months I thought it might be fun to giveaway a couple of signed copies of book three. These books are a series based in Jersey with protagonists from each book popping up in the other books in the series but they can be read out of order as each book is a standalone story.
Good luck if you enter and here's the link:
On Monday (7th March) I flew to London with my husband and mother. We took two trains to Kingston to meet my daughter (who is at university there), enjoyed a delicious lunch at The Bishop, made our way back to our hotel, changed, took two more trains to London and then went to One Whitehall Place for my photos as a nominee in the Contemporary Romantic Novel category of the 2016 Goldsboro Romantic Novel of the Year Awards.
Okay, now that sounds as if I was fully engaged all the time, but when you've spent years sitting behind laptops writing, editing, editing and yet more editing, you might dream of your book being published (beyond exciting) and possibly sort of dream that it might be nominated for an award, but you never truly believe that it will be. So, Monday night was a dream come true and a little surreal.
I met up with Hazel Cushion, my wonderful publisher; fellow Accent Press nominees, Jane Jackson and Lisa Tenzin-Dolma and Accent Press authors, Lynne Shelby and Carol McGrath.
I also caught up with many other friends, made new ones and chatted to Sophie Cousens, who lives in Jersey and was nominated for the Romantic Comedy award.
Many glasses of pink champagne were quaffed, Fern Britton presented the awards to the winners assisted by Jane Wenham-Jones and the RNA chairman, Eileen Ramsey.
Iona Grey won the The Goldsboro Books Romantic
Novel of the Year presented by David Headley, MD of Goldsboro Books and Fern Britton, with her book Letters to the Lost. Everyone had a fabulous, chatty and fun evening in the glamorous Readers and Writers Room.
We returned to Kingston and the next day shopped, enjoyed lunch at Carluccio's and then said a brave farewell to my lovely daughter and took more trains back to Gatwick for our flight home.
Now I'm back home again, and catching up with the washing. Oh the glamour...
It's been a busy time since the shortlists for the categories for the 2016 Romantic Novel of the Year Award were announced. I've been interviewed on BBC Radio Jersey and our local newspaper, the Jersey Evening Post. Both interviews have been carried out with Sophie Cousens, who lives in Jersey and whose book, How To Get Ahead in Television was nominated for the Romantic Comedy Novel category. My book, A Jersey Kiss, was nominated in the Contemporary Romance Novel category, so at least we're not up for the same award.
It was wonderful meeting Sophie and having chatted to her I now can't wait to read her book as I'm sure it's very funny and she certainly knows about working in television having been a producer in London for 12 years. She's now a new mum and is working on her second novel.
We've only got two weeks to wait until the awards ceremony in Whitehall Place, in London, where Fern Britton will be hosting the evening. I've really need to hurry up and find something to wear, *panics* as well as shoes that look glam but which don't ruin my poor feet.
Did I say I've been busy? I've also been waiting for my youngest sister to give birth to her third child and instead of writing this should be answering questions for four other interviews I've been asked to give.
I think I'm getting a little over-excited about it all. Time to take a deep breath and go and get on with answering those questions.
I'm beyond excited - a little bemused at this surreal happening - but utterly delighted to be one of the authors , which is for mainstream romantic novels set
post-1960 and includes genres such as chick lit, paranormal and romantic suspense.
Under a Cornish Sky, Liz Fenwick, Orion
High Tide, Veronica Henry, Orion
The Wedding Cake Tree, Melanie Hudson, Choc Lit
It Started at Sunset Cottage, Bella Osborne, HarperImpulse
(and ME!) A Jersey Kiss, Georgina Troy, Accent Press
Each year for Novelicious I'd excitedly await the announcement of the RoNA shortlists so that I could post them on the site and see if I knew anyone on the shortlists. This year, not only do I know some of the authors, I am one of them. Now even in my dreams I never saw that happening! I can't wait to meet up with my two other fellow Accent Press nominees, Jane Jackson and Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, together with lovely Hazel Cushion on 7th March in London for the awards ceremony.
Here's the link to the Romantic Novelists' Association page to find out more about the other categories and their shortlists.
Happy Monday!
I'm over at lovely Effrosyni's blog today chatting about writing, my books my writing space and other snippets. Please do pop over and say, 'Hi'.
Here's the Link.
