Book Club Meeting at Kilteel!!

A fantastic book club meeting last night, and such an interesting and questioning group of readers!! 

The couple of hours simply flew by and a great time was had. The meeting place (in the SNUG), was really atmospheric, with an open fire and lots of interesting items on the walls. I love places like this, hidden down dark country roads, only for you to finally arrive at an oasis of character and place!!

Anyhow, here is a pic from the night with everybody smiling - always a good sign!! Thank you so much for the lovely gift girls and for making the night one to remember!

It's one of my aims this year to meet more readers like this, so if you have a book club and would like to arrange something similar, send me a mail to - phillips.louisem0@gmail.com

Book Club Meeting!!

So I'm off to a secret (I do write crime/mystery stories) location in Kildare this evening to meet with a number of book clubs to chat about LAST KISS....

I really enjoy this aspect of writing stories, so get in touch if this is something you would like to set up for your Book Club - all you have to do is email me @ phillips.louisem0@gmail.com

Nearly 4,000 Book Trailer Views on YouTube!

Nearly 4,000 book trailer views....thanks to everyone who stopped by HERE!

Write a Bestseller - Full Day Seminar Tara Towers Hotel

Write about what you know. It's advice you'll often hear when you go to write a book. But what about crime writing? How do we research without murdering someone!! A question I will be discussing as part of the following seminar:

'Write A Bestseller' at the Tara Towers Hotel this Sat 11th Oct 9.30- 4.30pm. 

Join myself and International bestseller author Marisa Mackle, as well as bestselling authors Caroline Finnerty and Caroline Grace-Cassidy for the day!

Cost is 99 euro including refreshments. (Hotel is opposite Booterstown DART station. Parking for the day costs 5 euro.)

All notes will be emailed to attendees the day after the workshop - no need to bring lap top. Just relax and enjoy the day. 

LIMITED PLACES!

You can email me at phillips.louisem0@gmail.com

Artyfacts - Kildare FM!

Tune into Kildare FM Thursday 9th Oct at 7.30 - I'll be chatting with Brenda Drumm of Artyfacts  about LAST KISS!!

First US Book Review....5 Stars!!!

The SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW gives LAST KISS

 5 Stars!!!

“Louise Phillips is exactly the kind of writer that lovers of detective fiction will enjoy no matter where they live... She writes believable characters who say and do believable things ....and with the psycho-sexual nature of the crime, there is a certain echo of Basic Instincts about the plot, however Phillips takes it to much more interesting places.”

San Francisco Book Review

READ FULL REVIEW HERE

Let's Celebrate!!!

The Online FACEBOOK Party to Celebrate all 3 Novels RED RIBBONS, THE DOLL'S HOUSE and LAST KISS, being available in the US, both in kindle and paperback form, will kick off at 4 pm Irish time!! 

Visit the event, leave a comment, share something or whatever way you like to take part and you will be in the draw to win a VERY SPECIAL PRIZE... 

If you like a quiz, there will be a few of those, along with various pics and videos, but the main emphasis will be to celebrate and have a little fun!! AND ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME....PLUS INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!! 

It's a public event, so click HERE and join!

Join the Online Party!!!

If you're on Facebook and you would like to join in the fun next Friday the 3rd October at 4 p.m. Irish time....you can join HERE

Beginnings.......

I'm feeling a little emotional right now. Beginnings and endings and sometimes the bit in the middle, can do that to me!

This morning I started novel 4. I had marked the date on my calendar and so the day came, and one way or another I was going to begin. I won't give you the working title for the novel yet. It's best to keep these things and your fictional story close to you in the early stages. Fiction can be like that, it can get messed up by the real world getting hold of it too soon.

Anyhow, the journey has begun, all 1038 words of it, and at some point in the future, probably around 100,000 plus words, the first draft of this writing journey will exist. I don't know the exact form it will take, not being someone who knows the plot of their novel before they write it, but I do know it will mean something to me by the end of it, and hopefully it will be a story people will enjoy reading.

Right, off to make a cuppa.....see you on the other side!

Dundalk FM 100 - The Creative Flow!!!

I'll be chatting with the lovely Jacinta Matthews of the Creative Flow - DUNDALK FM 100 this evening at 7 p.m.

The Creative Flow picked LAST KISS as their Book of the Month for September, so I'm looking forward to hearing listener feedback and reviews and of course chatting about LAST KISS!!!