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Toni Jenkins

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Fiction, Contemporary

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I was born in New Zealand in 1970 and moved to the UK in 1995. I have been lucky enough to live in New Zealand, England, Scotland, the United Arab Emirates and Italy.

I write Contemporary Fiction, squeezing this in during my weekends and when taking time off from my real job! I am fascinated by relationships of all kinds – between partners, family members, friends, strangers and colleagues – and these form the basis of my stories.

Inspiration is always at hand. I’m an avid reader and never go anywhere without a notebook, including keeping one by my bed! Ideas and storylines can crop up at the most inopportune moments (from something I read on the side of a bus, overhear in a street conversation, or even an incident in a dream) and the thou ...more

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Toni Jenkins Hi Ann

Thanks so much for your feedback. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed The Sender and I hope you enjoy The Gift when it comes out later this year.

The …moreHi Ann

Thanks so much for your feedback. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed The Sender and I hope you enjoy The Gift when it comes out later this year.

The inspiration for The Sender came from a visit to a card shop (I'm an avid card shop haunter!). It started with a simple idea and I added the premise of 'paying it forward' and let my imagination take it from there. I've written a blog about how it all came together here: http://booksbywomen.org/card-shops-an...

Thank you for choosing to read The Sender and for your rating. Much appreciated.

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Toni Jenkins I have to say I have been lucky never to have been side-lined by the dreaded writer's block. I write one full day a week, so by the time Writing Day a…moreI have to say I have been lucky never to have been side-lined by the dreaded writer's block. I write one full day a week, so by the time Writing Day arrives, it's all bursting to pour out and my keyboard is smoking! But, I never take it for granted. I know I could be hit by the curse at any time. It must be horrendous.(less)

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The Sender

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Creating Colour in Words

As a reader, I love to be transported into a world of imagination and my favourite modes of transportation are metaphors, similes and idioms.
As a writer, these are also my favourite moments of creativity.

I would much rather read about ‘the bruised sky’ than ‘the purple-grey sky’. Of course, the sky is not literally bruised but the language is beautiful and the image created is far more interesting Read more of this blog post »

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Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The Treacle Well

by Moira Forsyth (Goodreads Author)

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“Your first book is the promise you make.”
― Toni Jenkins, The Sender

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“Your first book is the promise you make.”
― Toni Jenkins, The Sender

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“Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
― Sara Henderson

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“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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