Anybody there?

So, does anyone ever read blogs? I keep on writing things and hoping for readers, but they don't seem to come! I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth keeping on with a blog after all?
Maybe I'll see you around eh>

Research. Is it useless?

Hello out there! Hope you are all well? I was having a discussion with some other writers today about the differences between writing fiction and non-fiction.

Some of us have spent a heck of a long time (in my case, 3 years) in working on local history books, digging up obscure facts from hidden places, only to find no publisher is interested as the book will not be 'commercially viable' as the area the book is about, is too small for them to cover.

So now, what do we do with all that research? Leave it in the attic? Burn it? If we use it on our blogs, will other people use it in their books, which may even be published? It's a dilemma. Ho Hum. Think I'll stick to fiction, it doesn't take as long!

Howdy Guys and Girls.
I'm back! And waiting eagerly for my parcel of advance copies of my second Western. Busy writing the next one, as well as polishing off my first Contemporary Romance, which I'm seriously considering putting straight onto Kindle, although I might just try one or two publishers first, after a conversation with a writing friend today. I have two more of the Romances, at various stages of progress, so keep watching this space!
I hope you are all well, and coping with this awful weather!

My Author Website

Why not take a trip to my website? The address is -  www.womanwholeads.webs.com
On my site you will find excerpts from my works in progress, news about those books, and articles, as well as short stories that I am working on. There will also be some of my poetry. (For those interested in the subject).

Recently, I have placed the first chapter of my second Western 'Crazy Man Cade' on the site, I hope that reading it will encourage you to buy the book (as well as the first 'The Ghosts of Poynter' of course!)

I would appreciate your comments, both on my blog, and of course, my website.
Many thanks to you all.  X

New Cowboy in town.

Jed Cade is coming to town. Prepare to have your hearts broken ladies! He's rough, tough, lean and mean. But he's got a soft centre.

'Crazy Man Cade' is on pre order at Amazon now. Don't miss him, he's waiting just for you. Honest!

I'm Back!! (I hope).

Hello all. I've been gone for a while, because I thought I'd lost my blog! So I set up another one, only to lose that too. Then I heard a friend say she'd experienced the same thing so I felt better about it.
Guess what? I came on line today on the offchance that I might find my old blog, and here it is! So maybe I'll be blogging a little more regularly again now.
However, now I know I'm back, I've got to go. It's tea time, and the food won't cook itself. I hope to see you all later with news about my latest books, about my friends books, about magazines, about animals, about ------ oh, you get it!!

See you all soon!!

FIRST FAN!

Howdee dodee folks! Me again! Hope you are all well?

Not much to talk about today, only that my first 'fan' (a man from up the street) turned up on my doorstep yesterday, clutching a copy of my book, and asked me to sign it for him! I've arrived! YAY!

Oh, and I'm 'doing' some 'coffee and chat' mornings, and some talks, in all the libraries in the area (a total of about twelve in all) starting with Accrington Library, on the 19th of July. No dates for the others yet, but will put them on here as I get them.

Tat's all for now folks, pop back again.
Meantime, do take care.

GREAT REVIEW!

Hello again folks. I'm a happy bunny today, I was trawling through the 'net, (as you do) yesterday and found a brilliant review for my book.

It was posted in  westernfictionreview.blogspot.co.uk by someone called Steve M. (Not a friend or a relative, or even a casual acquaintance).

He says in part -  '(Amos Carr's) writing style is very readable and I soon became swept up in the story, as I needed to find the answers to the many questions the author hooked me with. Action scenes, descriptions of places and emotions, and dialogue, are all handled expertly and provided me with an entertaining read.' 

How about that! And I didn't even have to bribe him!  Now I feel like a 'real' author.

See you soon!

New Bullets on the go.

Howdy all! 


I'm working on my fourth Western now, already four chapters in (don't ask how many words, I haven't done a count yet, sorry).


Numbers 1 and 2 were accepted for publication straight away, unfortunately though, number 3 came back, not enough 'action' for them. I had concentrated more on the Romance of it, and veered away from the bullets, so it came back, (boo hoo). I will be altering some of it, and sending it off again, either back to Hale, or maybe I'll just LURVE it up a bit more, and send it off to a Romance publisher, who knows?


However, I have already got into this next one, so that will have to wait a while, which is okay, as the main body of it is done, so I just have to make a few alterations, instead of re-writing the whole thing.


I do enjoy writing the Westerns, but you know, sometimes I do find myself thinking, 'if only he had a mobile phone, he could get help quickly'. or - 'if he jumped in a car, he could catch them easily'. How much we rely on technology these days, without even thinking about it!


My number 1 book, 'The Ghosts of Poynter' is out on general sale now, and already doing quite well, thanks to all who got it on pre-order. Number 2, 'Crazy Man Cade' will be out in October, and to my mind, it is a better read than the first. I think that could be because there is one character in it who I really enjoyed writing (and it's not the actual hero!) That character keeps on coming back into my head and asking me to write his story. So I will be doing that. In fact I have the 'skeleton' of his story already written, so just have to flesh it out at some point later.

Here is a picture of my very first reader! And no, she isn't a family member, or close friend. (yet).

Okay folks, I'd better be off to the range, and get on with number 3. (No title for that yet, but it's going well up to now). See you all next time!

5 4 3 2 1 - LAUNCH !

Today's the day!!! It's Launch Day. My new book 'The Ghosts of Poynter' is on sale at last!

So far, I have two very positive comments from people who purchased it on pre-order, looking forward to some more please! I know there are a lot of people out there who will never have read a Western, and who wouldn't even dream of reading one. But please, take a chance, have a go, you never know, you might just end up enjoying it. One of my reviewers says - 'This was my first Western, it won't be my last.' So she has found something new to read, which, until reading mine, she wouldn't have even considered.

I do believe that we should all try reading something in a different genre to that which we become familiar with. You never know what you might be missing. For instance, I never thought I would enjoy the so called 'chick lit', but this year, I decided to try reading some different genres to expand my knowledge of what is avilable. I purchased 'Flings and Arrows' by Debbie Viggiano, and was very pleasantly pleased. I will be reading some more.  So go on, even if Westerns were never your thing, why not give them a try.

As a woman, writing Westerns, (one of only four women in the UK who do so) I believed that I needed a male pen name in order for the books to appeal to a wider audience, so you will find my Westerns filed under the name of Amos Carr. Sort and sweet! I also think that my books are a little less violent than many of the male written Westerns, 'softer' if you like, I use quite a few female characters, and my heroes usually fall in love with one of them. I also like a happy ending. Is that wrong for a Western? Perhaps you will let me know?

Thank you for reading.