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Finally Writing Again!
In December 2020, whilst stuck at home in self isolation between Christmas and New Year after a close family member contracted Covid-19,...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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Happy Publication Day!
It’s publication day!! My next novel, A Fairytale Resolution, is now available to purchase in Kindle and Paperback formats on Amazon....

Helen Claringbull
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Cover Art Created!
Every good manuscript needs a catchy cover to attract people’s attention to it. The cover art on all my previous novels has been a...

Helen Claringbull
Dec 27, 20201 min read
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Coming Soon: The Next Fairytale!
As I alluded in my Christmas post, inspiration has been strong over the past few days and today, I wrote the final words on my first...

Helen Claringbull
Dec 26, 20201 min read
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Happy Christmas!🎄
Last night, inspiration as to where to go next with Fairytale Book 4 finally hit! I’d not written a word since 17th November and had...

Helen Claringbull
Dec 25, 20201 min read
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What A Year!!
My journey as an author! Exactly 12 months ago today, my first novel, A Greatest Gift, was published. This was after many years of...

Helen Claringbull
Nov 23, 20201 min read
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Half Term Creativity
In what was undoubtedly the most challenging half term of my teaching career, and considering the earlier challenges posed by 2020,...

Helen Claringbull
Oct 26, 20202 min read
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Another Paperback!
The Amazon delivery driver has just visited and left me with a paperback copy of my latest book. There is a real sense of satisfaction...

Helen Claringbull
Aug 10, 20201 min read
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The Hopes and Fears
Throughout the main period of lockdown during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020, I was journaling my experiences, just as I have journaled...

Helen Claringbull
Aug 6, 20202 min read
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Writing again!
After months of teaching via a laptop, I’d promised myself a break from the screen this week, but in the quiet of yesterday, somehow I...

Helen Claringbull
Jul 26, 20202 min read
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Another one to add to my collection!
My own personal copy of A Fairytale Disrupted has arrived! I will never tire of seeing my work in Paperback format like this. I’m so...

Helen Claringbull
May 20, 20201 min read
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It’s finally published (in kindle anyway!)
Having hit the publish button on Kindle Direct Publishing on 6th May, and having had previous kindle books published within 12 hours and...

Helen Claringbull
May 13, 20201 min read
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The next instalment...
It's not been easy, adjusting where I wanted to go with the Fairytale Series to accommodate the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, but after...

Helen Claringbull
May 6, 20201 min read
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Working on the Fairytale
So I’m now up to 50002 words of the next Fairytale novel, and I’ve finally settled on a title. This book was supposed to be called A...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 27, 20201 min read
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A Life Worth Living - In Paperback!
Amazon have just delivered my personal copy of A Life Worth Living. This means that I now have five novels in print. I’m not sure why I’m...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 11, 20201 min read
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Writing in the Sunshine
So I’m now on day nineteen of not going out (I think... it is Thursday right?!) but at least the sun is shining and finally the...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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Fairytale 2nd Editions Published
Did you spot the mistakes in either Fairytale novel? I have now finished re-reading both books and noticed a couple of minor errors,...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 7, 20201 min read
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Fine-tuning the Fairytale!
In reading A Fairytale Christmas over the past twenty four hours, reacquainting myself with the characters and storyline that I had...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Enjoying the Sunshine!
One of the things I plan to do over mr Easter Holiday, is continue writing the next book in the Fairytale Series, but having worked so...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 4, 20201 min read
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Editing Complete
A Life Worth Living is now officially edited and is ‘awaiting review’ on Amazon. This means that within the next 72 hours, it should be...

Helen Claringbull
Apr 2, 20201 min read
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