Awesome August!

Let the Good Times Roll

I’m having a blast in the bookish world and I hope you are too.

I discovered a powerful armillary that I need for both my upcoming books, (listed below). It’s better than the image shown...

But first, books I’ve read!

I’ve been churning through so many good books recently! 

📜 A few stand outs are, By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult. I’m a bit scared of her deep digging into difficult themes, but this one is a must! In fact, I wish there was a follow on. 

She shows the importance of both invisibility and visibility in the (mostly) female creative arena. 

It’s a dual timeline that runs through a family with same but different obstacles. So well written.

🐕 Another brave read for me was Fairy Tale by Stephen King. Really scared of his stories but can’t resist a portal. And this one had it in spades! Loved the underlying message as well, essentially helping others by facing our own fears.

Two Indie Reads I Loved

🐘 Look an Elephant in the Eye by Louise Usher is an intimate look at the life of a writer finding her true purpose with words while travelling to Thailand with her adult daughter. Full of deep insights, this one led me to pen my own new nonfiction book, but more on that later.

🛋️ Broken Boundaries by Helen Aitchison was another deep read with themes of mental health as we follow Melody’s “healing” with her therapist, Nate. Chilling. I really wanted to side with Nate but the author adeptly cast a dim light on him with one or two succinct observations. Brilliant.

Cahill Davis Publishing

**Exciting Opportunity**

Discover brilliant new fiction from UK authors this Summer at Cahill Davis Publishing. (I’ve read multiple on their roll so far).

When you buy an ebook now and through August, you’ll receive 50% off your next ebook — the perfect excuse to try something new! 

📚 Find your next favourite read here:

https://cahilldavispublishing.co.uk/product-category/ebook/

📚 Find all their books on offer on the blog:

https://cahilldavispublishing.co.uk/the-perfect-summer-reads/

📚 Alternatively, hop over to @cahilldavispublishing  where you’ll find all the details! 

My Writing News 

After 18 months of my YA low-fantasy manuscript being stuck in some sort of cache folder, I finally retrieved and published it!

🌳 Forest of Sun and Shadows is a coming-of-age story following a teenage runaway, Rhen. She is running from one boyfriend into the arms of another. But can she trust either of them, or is she safer out in the wild and on the run? 

I’ve written this one under a pen name, Carly Dune, because it’s VASTLY different from my other books and I didn’t want any overlaps whatsoever. Reader discretion is advised and you can read why in the synopsis: 

Forest of Sun and Shadows

Preorder here

🌕 One of my current writing projects is a high fantasy called, Moonflower Maiden. I’ve had the mind map waiting patiently and am now loving fleshing out the story and its characters. 

Maybelle is becoming the maiden in the matriarch of maiden, mother and crone. She has huge responsibilities to ensure the safety of Lomandra Woods. 

Her adversaries do everything in their power to stop her, until her grandmother, crone, Pami, arms her with the strongest power of all. Anticipated release is mid-2026.

⏳ The nonfiction I was inspired to write literally came to me in a flash while reading aforementioned Look an Elephant in the Eye. 

Whilst it was surreal getting the whole download in my mind all in one go, it’s been quite unnerving unraveling it into a cohesive story. 

But I do love the prospect of publishing another pocket guide. They’re fast becoming a favourite of mine. It’s About Time should be released early-2026.

I’m sure you can tell by both titles why the armillary I mentioned above is just perfect! The one I saw in the shop has a dramatic arrow piercing the spheres!

 

MORE GOOD NEWS! Book Two in A Midlife Romcom Series, Marriage & Mayhem, is with my editor as we speak! On track to be released in November 2025.

Reader Opportunities

My most recent pocket guide, Sisters in the Outback, has taken off during the month of July!

If you’d like an opportunity to read it, it will be on offer for the month of August in the Facebook Group, We Love Memoirs. Readers form the majority of this group so you’ll be in good company.

Find them here: We Love Memoirs Facebook Group

Sisters in the Outback is a 10 000 word life-changing spiritual quest to the enigmatic monolith of Uluru (with a dash of mild language thrown in).

Aussie Author August

I am ecstatic to be featured on the blog for Aussie Author August by Author Iris Carden

Take a look and let me know what you think:

Aussie Author August

That’s it from me, bye for now, and keep smiling 😁 

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