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7/26/2017

Words I ask myself almost as often as other people ask me!

Beneath the Ink is a satirical look at society's response to a horrific problem with tattoos. It would be dreadful if it happened but was rather fun to imagine.

This is scheduled for publishing in the second week of September and is a 35,000 word novella.

Meanwhile, back at the laptop, I had an idea for a short story. You all thought I was just lolling around in the sunshine, drinking gin, didn't you? I wasn't just lolling around... This has clocked up just under 12,000 words, so a rather long short story in length. The book, entitled The Novice's Demon, is, as it sounds, medieval, gothic, a shiver of horror. I now feel it's too close to the publication of Beneath the Ink to let it loose on the world. My feeling is that the dark nights, the flickering of firelight, the draughts at your neck and creaks of the settling house, are more conducive to that kind of story, so watch out for something demonic towards the end of the year.
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Blog Tour - Born Bad by Heather Burnside

7/23/2017

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About the Author

Heather Burnside is a Manchester based author who formerly worked in credit control and is a qualified Member of the Institute of Credit Management. After taking a career break to raise a family, she swapped credit control for writing and decided to study for a writing diploma.

Heather had articles featured in several popular UK magazines before setting up a writing services business, offering copywriting and proofreading services to a range of clients. During that time she also wrote a number of non-fiction books on behalf of clients.

In 2014 Heather published her first Manchester based crime thriller, ‘Slur’, book 1 of the Riverhill Trilogy. She followed 'Slur' with book 2, ‘A Gangster’s Grip’, which focuses on the inter-gang rivalry of 90s Manchester, and the concluding book, 'Danger by Association'.

Her latest book, 'Born Bad', is the first book in a new, gritty crime trilogy and is now available through Amazon.

You can find out more about Heather’s books by signing up to her mailing list at: http://eepurl.com/CP6YP to receive regular updates, or by viewing her website: www.heatherburnside.com.

About the Book

Book 1 in this new, gritty Manchester crime trilogy. When your enemies get close, family loyalty is all you can trust.
Brother and sister Peter and Adele Robinson never stood a chance. Dragged up by an alcoholic, violent father, and a weak, beaten mother, their childhood in Manchester only prepared them for a life of crime and struggle. But Adele is determined to break the mould. She studies hard at school and, inspired by her beloved grandmother Joyce, she finally makes a successful life for herself on her own.
Peter is not so lucky. Getting more and more immersed in the murky world of crime and gangs, his close bonds with Adelegradually loosen until they look set to break altogether.
But old habits die hard, and one devastating night, Adele is forced to confront her violent past. Dragged back into her worst nightmares, there's only one person she can turn to when her life is on the line – her brother Peter. After all, blood is thicker than water...

My review and links to buy

Adele and her brother Peter are like chalk and cheese. Peter turns to petty crime, which then becomes not so petty, while Adele works for her A levels. She’s hard pressed to do so. Her mother lives on tranquilisers and her alcoholic dad is physically abusive to his wife. The children learn to tread carefully. She can’t understand why her mother puts up with the abusive treatment and humiliation her father hands out.

This is the first of another series set in Manchester, my native city, and it has such a sense of place. It’s a long time since I heard one or two of the words or expressions used here and they nailed the story geographically for me. Heather Burnside is so good at getting into characters’ heads and leaving you understanding their predicament, but I confess, I didn’t expect the turn the story took. I found it very good indeed.

You can buy it from Amazon UK or Amazon.com

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