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One of the great pleasures of being an author is connecting with other writers and sharing details of our journeys. Recently, I had a virtual meet-up with novelist Gary William Murning. His quirky and highly readable fiction focuses on universal themes – love, death, loss and aspiration – but always with an eye for an…
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When we first met, my editor at Transworld told me over lunch that her biggest mistake in publishing was turning down The Kite Runner, not because she didn’t love it, but because she ‘didn’t think anyone would be interested in a novel about Afghanistan.’ My copy of Khaled Hosseini’s debut says that over eight million…
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This weekend saw a welcome return to Brooklands, the world’s first purpose-built motor racing track, the location of so many attempts on the land-speed record and used by the pioneers of aviation. It is also one of the settings of my novel, I Stopped Time. Those Magnificant Men in their Flying Machines? Based on events at Brooklands. Minnie Driver’s episode of…
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The fabulous people at Smashwords have launched a new facility for authors to publish in-depth interviews. Here is mine. I’d love to know what you think. If there is anything else you would like to know about my writing journey, please drop me a line.  

Number One Indie Book Endorsement Site Gives Jane Davis’s Latest Novel the Thumbs Up September 2013 – I Stopped Time written by Jane Davis has met the high quality standards set by Compulsion Reads and earned that organization’s esteemed endorsement. The Compulsion Reads only endorses novels that possess the foundational components of a good story: well-developed characters, strong…
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Saturday’s small DIY job: clean grouting and replace mouldy seal around shower and bath. Not too taxing. Or so you’d be forgiven for thinking.      Friday – buy what I think is white anti-mould sealant and Grout Reviver in lovely hardware shop in Coulsdon to avoid having to go to Big Scary B & Q on a…
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Number One Indie Book Endorsement Site Gives Jane Davis’s Latest Novel the Thumbs Up August 2013 – These Fragile Things written by Jane Davis has met the high quality standards set by Compulsion Reads and earned that organization’s esteemed endorsement. The Compulsion Reads evaluation system is built upon assessing and endorsing those indie novels that…
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Having just arrived at the end of The Road, I realise I was so wrapped up in the devastating prose that there was something I failed to notice. Despite the occasional frustration that I was not entirely sure which ‘he’ Cormac McCarthy was writing about at any given time (especially when there was a change…
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I probably shouldn’t blog about this, but I feel compelled to. Yesterday I received a rejection letter from a literary agent and, for the first time, I can honestly say that I don’t feel remotely disheartened. It hasn’t thrown me off my stride. I didn’t reach for the bottle. It would appear that I have, as…
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