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Starting Out

Violet thought midwifery training was tough, but now she has to step out onto the ward as a newly qualified midwife. She’s standing on the edge of her new life, but taking the leap is harder than she ever expected.

Living on her own for the first time, while best friend Zoe starts to build a future with soon-to-be-husband Luke, everything is changing for Violet.

Can Violet adapt and adjust, or will anxiety get the better of her?

“Starting Out” – the new book from the world of “Lessons of a Student Midwife”.

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UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Starting-Out-thought-student-qualified-ebook/dp/B08T5PDQ7C/

US – https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Out-thought-student-qualified-ebook/dp/B08T5PDQ7C/

Author Bio – J.E. Rowney spent several years in the cold Yorkshire hills, but now lives on the south coast of England. She spent ten years working as a midwife before turning in her gloves to become an author.

She is an award winning poet, and also enjoys writing short stories. In May 2020 she was the winner of the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction.

“Charcoal”, her first novel, was published in 2012 to wide critical acclaim, and was a bestselling novel on Amazon within days of release.

She spends lots of time writing in coffee shops, so if you see her, say hello.

Ms. Rowney says: “I always dreamed of being a writer, until I realised that I was. Then I started to write.”

You can find out more about JE Rowney on her website at jerowney.com, or follow @jerowneywriter on social media.

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Thanks for having me as a guest on your blog today as part of the Starting Out blog tour. 

Starting Out is a standalone novel, but it also follows on from my book series The Lessons of a Student Midwife. Life Lessons, Love Lessons and Lessons Learned, the three books in that series, follow Violet through her midwifery training from first year to her final days as a student. She’s a determined young woman, pursuing her dream, but crippling anxiety and her lack of confidence threaten to stop her from making that dream a reality. 

If you enjoy medical dramas or love watching One Born Every Minute or Call the Midwife, this is an unmissable book. 

You’ll also love it if you enjoy reading about strong female friendships, as Violet’s best friend Zoe is always there for her to give support and encouragement. It’s a real heart-warming story of determination and friendship. 

Starting Out sees Violet at the beginning of her career as a qualified midwife, making the transition from student to fully qualified, registered midwife. 

I am often asked whether the books are based on my own experiences. I did train as a midwife, and I spent three years at university going through some of the same things that Violet does. However, the books are fictional, no matter how grounded in reality they are. I haven’t included any real patients or midwives that I met along my own journey – even though there are some that will always stay in my heart and mind. 

Although it’s a while since I hung up my gloves, my midwifery days will always be a special part of my life. Writing about Violet and her story is stirring happy memories, and I hope that readers will continue to follow Violet’s progress. 

There’s something indescribably special about being with women and their families during pregnancy and birth, and it’s definitely something that readers can connect with. I like to write in a fly-on-the-wall way so that you can look in on what it is really like to be a midwife, and to experience what Violet is feeling. If you’ve ever dreamed of being a midwife, or if you are interested in the process, this is the book for you.

I do plan on writing more books which will follow the stories of Violet and her best friend Zoe, as readers have left such positive reviews about their story so far. I have to admit that I love these young women, and I can’t wait to find out more about what happens to them too!

For now though, please check out Starting Out, and join Violet as she begins her life as a qualified midwife. There’s friendship, laughter and tears, and there’s always cake!

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Historical Fiction

Release Date: April 25, 2021

Publisher: Authors 4 Authors Publishing

Memories are all he has…

Now they could save his life.

Returning to England after almost five years in exile, Robin Lewis is arrested and charged with heresy by the dying Queen Mary. As he is escorted to the Tower of London, Robin spins a tale for his captor, revisiting his life under three Tudor monarchs and wondering how he will be judged—not just by the queen, but by the God he stopped serving long ago.

When every moment counts, will his stories last long enough for him to be saved by Mary’s heir, the young Queen Elizabeth?

The Tudor Court, Book One

Publisher: Authors 4 Authors Publishing

Published: November 2019

She has the voice of an angel…

But one false note could send her back to her old life of poverty.

After her father sells her to Henry VIII, ten-year-old Bess builds a new life as a royal minstrel, and earns the nickname “the king’s songbird.”

She comes of age in the decadent Tudor court, where the stakes are always high, and where politics, heartbreak, and disease threaten everyone from the king to the lowliest musician.

Her world has only one constant: Tom, her first and dearest friend. But when Bess intrigues with Anne Boleyn and strains against the restrictions of life at court, will she find that constancy has its limits?

You’ll love this richly-detailed historical novel, because we all want to know what goes on “backstairs at the palace.”

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Photographed in the Writer’s Room

Former TV star Brandi Tyler’s big screen debut crashed and burned amid rumors of an affair with her married co-star… Now, she wants nothing more than to quietly slink away from Hollywood. When she’s offered an opportunity to get out of town and work on a project involving the photographer that launched her career, it seems like the perfect escape! Unfortunately for Brandi, her famous face makes hiding out even a huge city like Houston a little tricky.

When the celebrated photographer’s son offers to let her use his home for privacy, it seems like everything is falling into place. Little does she know that Michael Ames a gorgeous best selling author, and he comes with the package! As Brandi makes her way through old photographs and new scandals, Michael struggles with his next project, and they both fight the growing attraction between them.

Maybe a posse of new girlfriends, some Texas-sized boozy brunches, and a little private time in the writer’s room will help this leading lady find her path back onscreen. And, if she can just picture it, maybe this time she’ll even find love?

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US – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T6HGFG6

UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08T6HGFG6

Author Bio –

Born in Montreal but raised in New England, author Michelle L. E. Price has been writing as long as anyone can remember. An avid reader who was on the verge of losing her mind as a mom to two small children, Michelle began writing her first book, Hidden in the Writer’s Room, as an escape… at least her characters would do exactly what she told them to do and she could always count on a happily ever after ending. She also enjoys wine, re-watching 90’s sitcoms and occasionally running, but heavily relies on writing to stay sane. Michelle is a firm believer that laughter and love are the best parts of life.

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A little escapism. A little laughter. A little love.

By Michelle L.E. Price

It’s not often that I am at a loss for words. Perhaps that’s one of the benefits of being an author.

However, recently I was interviewed in advance of the release of my second book, Photographed in the Writer’s Room. The staff reporter, in running through a list of pre-written questions asked me why I write… He did not ask why I wrote that particular book or what had inspired me, but just “Why do you write?”

At first, I was stumped. I mean, I guess I thought that nearly everyone writes sometimes, and the only thing that’s different is that some of us choose to publish it. But, that wasn’t quite the whole truth.

After stumbling around a bit, and muttering something about how I love telling stories, I came up with a truthful answer. What I ended up telling him was that I write because I hope that my work, my writing, will offer a carefree, lighthearted take on life. That I hope my writing provides a sweet, enjoyable interlude for anyone that reads it. I write because I genuinely want readers to feel what I feel when I read: the joy of escape, the fun of trying on someone else’s life for a little while, the freedom of letting go of myself just for a few hours and enjoying being somewhere else entirely. I don’t write because I have to, I write because I want the privilege of injecting a tiny bit of fun into another readers life.

As you can imagine, I didn’t exactly set the world on fire with that interview. He wrote the article, and he did his best to make me sound like a serious author. But, I’m pretty sure “laughter and love” wasn’t exactly what he’d been digging for.

Don’t misunderstand me… I am not without dreams of becoming a wildly famous, best-selling author. I mean, I think “New York Times Bestselling Author” has a lovely ring to it. And, certainly, there are lots of fundamentally important topics that I choose to cover in my books: I adore exploring themes of ambition, insecurity, and coping with change. I love writing about women who choose to be brave, who have to figure out what really matters to them, who aren’t sure of their place or their goals but who try anyway. I especially love writing about all kinds of relationships – lasting friendships between wildly different people, akward relationships between co-workers, romantic relationships, complex relationships with parents and adult children, strong female friendships… all of them.

But, if I had to identify my goal in writing, especially for my Writer’s Room series, it’s really simple, and far less lofty.

I want  my readers to smile, and maybe, I want them to fall a little in love.

I read this quote recently by Anne Lamott, an author that nearly everyone generally admires. I’ve even heard her called the Writer’s Writer. She said, in her book Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, “Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.” And for me, that kind of says it all…

So, I guess, the reason I write is the same reason I read. A little escapism, a little laughter and a  little love.

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