Samantha Henthorn's Blog

Hi!

Happy November everyone!

I have a new book - a new volume of Curmudgeon Avenue and it is absolutely free!

Curmudgeon Avenue's #Manchesterlockdown

Only available via my newsletter which is part of a promotion until the 5th of December 2020 follow this link : https://books.bookfunnel.com/funny-fa...

There you will find 25 free books (I only wrote one of them).

I just want to add, Curmudgeon Avenue's #Manchesterlockdown was written during the months that Manchester was identified as a high risk area. And it was also when I changed my mind about including the pandemic in my series.

Happy reading, stay safe and sane, Samantha :) Curmudgeon Avenue's #ManchesterLockdown

I am always attracted to reading horror at this time of year, today I finished Horrors Next Door: Short Scary Stories to play with your mind.
by Tom Coleman Horrors Next Door: Short Scary Stories to play with your mind

And this is on offer as part of a BookFunnel promotion.
https://books.bookfunnel.com/hallowee...

I also want to add that BookFunnel is a great thing for indie authors to join - you will definitely find a promotion to suit your genre, and it is a great way to give ARC's and freebies out.

Must crack on, I am meant to be writing an essay about Dickens,

Samantha :)

Thank you for all your support with the recent release of Curmudgeon Avenue 5 'The World Does Not Revolve Around Curmudgeon Avenue'. The other day, I was still waiting for paperbacks and I had to cancel my hair appointment (another story). But! I had ordered a grazing board (fancy buffet) from my friend Leah (she writes too). Her business is called Pretty Platters. You can see how this looked and hear a snippet of me reading on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/samantha.he... where you will also discover why I don't do my own narration for audiobooks!

Have a great Sunday, Samantha

Nice one for accepting my friend request everyone. I can't wait to see what you are reading. Apart from my Goodreads list, I am making my way through the study of Bleak House by Charles Dickens for my Creative Writing degree,

I hope you all have a top weekend.

It is my mum's 81st birthday tomorrow - we are just awaiting a rain-free moment to pop round and visit (deckchairs at the front door and face masks).
I am also visiting one of my best mates in Todmorden - which if you have read the whole Curmudgeon Avenue series, you will know is the town that Small Paul hails from. (Adding his first appearance).

Happy reading everyone!

Samantha :)Edna and Genevieve Escape From Curmudgeon Avenue: Curmudgeon Avenue Book Three

Today is publication day, and The World Does Not Revolve Around Curmudgeon Avenue has landed in my Kindle. Which is always strange because I wrote it! It is throwing it down here. The dog is sulking and I am yet to get dressed. Hoping to post more on Instagram stay tuned
https://www.instagram.com/samantha.he...

Hello!
This Wednesday, my latest book 'The World Does Not Revolve Around Curmudgeon Avenue' is published.
This means that I have started a Goodreads Event
https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...
Ha! Above is the link I was directed to copy and paste. It looks really long!

Two days left before book 5 of Curmudgeon Avenue joins Kindle Unlimited. Two days left to send out ARCs (should anyone want one).

Every week I pop a paperback from my paperback pile on my list. Then it started raining (again) in Manchester :)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

What We Did During Lockdown is an anthology I put together with four friends from Bury (UK), We are raising money for Bury Hospice in memory of one of the author's mothers.

Five friends... four stories and one poem.

We would greatly appreciate your support with our little anthology!

Samantha xx

I did warn you, reader, nincompoops and intertwined lives...

The second-person narration was necessary for the house to introduce the characters to the reader, and then let them convey the universality of their situation.

It is fine for the author to alternate to other POV in a longer narrative (this is what I have learnt from the experts in my creative writing degree).

This voice use is perfect for the audiobook version. Available now from Amazon, Audible and iTunes Curmudgeon Avenue #1: The Terraced House Diaries has been expertly narrated by the experienced voice-over actor Lindsay McKinnon. Hilarious comic timing and UK accents breath life into my social satire about a house who doesn't like its owners.

This is more to do with my reading life than my writing life. You may or may not know, I am doing a creative writing degree as a mature student. For lots of boring reasons, my brain doesn't work as fast as it used to. I must get a head-start on the forthcoming year's module. I looked at the reading list yesterday, and my eyes were all over my face! This means after I have finished the books on my 'currently reading' list, I do need to make a start. The God of Small Things is on the list (phew! that sounds good).
At 44, this is a whole new experience for me, I usually only read books that I am genuinely interested in reading (life is too short to read a book that's 'not for me'!)
The reason I am writing this is because, if I have commented on anyone's social media efforts 'Oh, I want to read that!' I meant it, but it might take me longer to get to it. Happy reading everyone! Samantha xx