by KateLloyd | Oct 1, 2024 | books, giveaway
Yay and hurrah, my new book Snowbound on Skye is available in Paperback and eBook! I’m so excited I want to do cartwheels—if only I could—and dance the highland fling! Click here to purchase a copy of Snowbound in Skye I think writing a fiction book is akin to...
by KateLloyd | Sep 12, 2023 | Autumn, books, Fall, giveaway
Oh my! I’ve been working so diligently on the final edits to my latest novel, I’ve barely noticed that we’ve slipped past August and are already in mid-September! The days are getting shorter and wetter, and I’m noticing that the bird songs of summer are quieting...
by KateLloyd | Jul 25, 2023 | books, giveaway, Reinventing Ruthie, Summer
To me, July is a month of contrasts. It starts off with a bang (quite literally) on Canada Day on July 1, and of course, the 4th of July. It then meanders along the lazy, hot days of summer, where the heat wars with your determination to do some late summer planting...
by KateLloyd | Apr 18, 2023 | books, giveaway, Reinventing Ruthie, writing
I’m celebrating! Reinventing Ruthie is officially out! Fabulous reviews are being posted. A big thank you to everyone who has left a review. Yay! I admit that when my first novel, A Portrait of Marguerite, released I was afraid to look at the reviews for a year. When...
by KateLloyd | Mar 14, 2023 | books, giveaway
As an author I am aware of the research that is required in writing a novel. If details are incorrect the whole premise falls flat. How to weave the facts into an intriguing story and engage your reader is a challenge of upmost importance. Even though I have lived in...
by KateLloyd | Sep 20, 2022 | A Lancaster Family Secret, Autumn, books, giveaway
Walking Piper this last week or so, I’m noticing the leaves are just starting to change color. With the first day of autumn being Sept. 22, I shouldn’t be surprised, but it seems as though summer has gone by in a blur. After our walk, I poked my head in the fridge to...