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evemrileyauthor
Nov 1, 20212 min read
EDITS, EDITS, EDITS
One of the joys of sharing The Refusal on social media has come from fans responding with their own ideas about the book, often in quite...
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evemrileyauthor
Oct 26, 20211 min read
A CATNAP
We got Daisy as a kitten and she was the runt of the litter. At six weeks, she was half the size she was supposed to be, having never...
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evemrileyauthor
Oct 18, 20211 min read
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
One of the joys of writing is including places you love, and The Techboys Series contains a whole series of places in New York that are...
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evemrileyauthor
Oct 12, 20211 min read
A ROMANCE BOOKBOX
I'm delighted to announce that The Refusal is being included in a romance bookbox and I am so excited to be included with Elle Nicoll and...
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evemrileyauthor
Jul 15, 20211 min read
MORE ON ROMANCE READERS
Although I've written a book, probably like all authors, I'm first and foremost a reader. But I'm a very specific kind of reader - a...
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evemrileyauthor
Jul 6, 20211 min read
FIVE ROMANCE NOVELS IN THE MAIL
When the first author copies arrived it was so exciting to hold The Refusal in my hands for the first time and see all my words in print...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 28, 20211 min read
CAUGHT MID CHAPTER
I absolutely love it when people message me on instagram and ask what's going to happen next, or just to be excited, when they are part...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 23, 20211 min read
MAKING FRIENDS IN THE HILLS
There's something about running in the highlands that makes for an adventure. Sometimes I trip over and injure myself like I did this...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 17, 20211 min read
A LOCKDOWN ESCAPE
The camera work on this video is a shocker - don't think I'm going to master booktok any time soon! (check out my account here). We...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 15, 20211 min read
I DON'T THINK IT WILL EVER GET OLD
Another message from another reader mid book. I hope that when I've got lots of books out there, I will feel just as excited about these...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 13, 20211 min read
MESSAGES FROM ROMANCE READERS
My ARC readers came to me via Instagram and gave me such lovely feedback about The Refusal, often as soon as they started reading or in...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 11, 20212 min read
HOW SCENES CHANGE
When I first wrote The Refusal, two of the main characters, Janus and his best friend from college, Fabian, meet on the Brooklyn Bridge....
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 10, 20211 min read
MEN AND CATS
There's a site on tumblr called Des Hommes et Des Chatons that I've loved for a while. What's not to love about handsome men and even...
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evemrileyauthor
Jun 8, 20211 min read
BEFORE AND AFTER
I started out with this post thinking it might be fun to explore some writing before and after it’s edited. What was I thinking? One of...
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evemrileyauthor
May 30, 20212 min read
Some Facts about me
I was recently interviewed by Tammy who runs an instagram account called @butfirstletsread, as part of her “FAST FACTS” series. Here are...
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evemrileyauthor
May 28, 20211 min read
So WHAT IS THE REFUSAL ABOUT?
Here's the blurb: Never let down your guard. Never let anyone see your weakness. You can’t say I wasn’t warned . . . When I first...
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evemrileyauthor
May 27, 20211 min read
LET'S BURY SOME OF THOSE TROPES
I'm not a trope hater, and The Refusal has some tropes - of course it does! But I had this idea the other day and the idea made me laugh....
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evemrileyauthor
May 13, 20211 min read
SIGN UP TO MY STREET TEAM!
I recently recruited an advanced reader copy (ARC) team for my debut novel, The Refusal. It's been a complete thrill getting all the...
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evemrileyauthor
May 13, 20211 min read
THE COVER DECISION
I really feel that this lovely book cover design belongs to all of the people who voted for it on Instagram. This was the clear winner:...
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evemrileyauthor
May 11, 20211 min read
SNEAK PREVIEW
A little sneak preview from the final editing I'm working on. This is from the first lunch my two main protagonists (Janus and Jo) have...
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