Tag Archives: Vanessa Couchman

Meet the Ocelots this Week!

Originally posted on Ocelot Press:
We can’t believe it’s already 18 months since Ocelot Press went live. Over the next few weeks we’ll be celebrating with a series of blog posts and character interviews and there’ll be a chance to buy some of our e-books for discounted prices. So definitely watch this space. For starters,…

Rolling in the Aisles: 10 Tips for Doing an Author Talk

Doing an author talk and reading or a public book launch can be intimidating if you don’t have much experience. And public speaking generally is daunting unless you’re one of life’s extroverts, which I’m not. I have done quite a lot of it in past incarnations, sometimes to hostile audiences, but it still makes meContinue reading “Rolling in the Aisles: 10 Tips for Doing an Author Talk”

Write Despite – Procrastination

Fellow Crooked Cat author Margaret K. Johnson has invited me onto her blog today to take part in her ‘Write Despite‘ series, in which women writers talk about their writing challenges and how they address them. So I’ve focused on a topic close to my heart – procrastination – about which I wrote on thisContinue reading “Write Despite – Procrastination”

On the Chaise Longue with Vanessa: Meet Maria Orsini, Main Character in ‘The House at Zaronza’

  Normally, I interview real live people. But today, I thought I’d let one of my characters have her say. So joining me on the chaise longue today for some Corsican vin de myrte (myrtle berry wine) and a bit of bean-spilling is my main character from The House at Zaronza, Maria Orsini.

Here is my interview with Vanessa Couchman

Originally posted on authorsinterviews:
Name Vanessa Couchman Age Old enough to have achieved experience but probably not wisdom. Where are you from I grew up in southern England but I have lived full-time in south-west France for the past 17 years. A little about your self `ie your education Family life etc I grew up…