LM Milford

Author of the Allensbury Mysteries

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How to set writing goals for 2020 – and stick to them

Be honest, how many times have you declared New Year resolutions only for them to fail within a few weeks? It’s no surprise really. There’s a tendency to set very high-level resolutions – lose half a stone, get fit –… Continue Reading →

Creating an audio book

All aspects of self-publishing have been very much of a learning curve for me, but I think putting together an audio book has been the trickiest. I was asked about an audio version of A Deadly Rejection back in 2017… Continue Reading →

Was September a new book month?

At the start of September I said I was only going to read new books throughout the month, so how did I get on? Well, I read some new books but I did also, when tired, fall back on a… Continue Reading →

Hitting the halfway point

I’m just over one month into my stint as a full-time writer and so far it’s been a roaring success! I’ve had a very successful month and I’m already past the halfway point in the book. Despite a two-week holiday… Continue Reading →

Why we need an International Literacy Day

Today is the United Nations’ International Literacy Day, which is focused on ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’. However, while I consider learning a language to be a fantastic skill (I’m trying to learn Spanish – emphasis on the word trying), I think… Continue Reading →

Read A New Book Month

We all know the comfort of reading an old favourite. You know the characters, the plot doesn’t need much energy and you can relax as you’re reading. I’ve been doing that a lot recently. I think I was in need… Continue Reading →

Living the dream as a full-time writer

As of tomorrow morning, I’ll be spending the next three or four months as a full-time crime writer. As the headline says, I’ll be living the dream. And yes, this has long been a dream. The six-year-old me is dancing… Continue Reading →

Gotta stop the rush

It’s the time for making New Year resolutions and becoming ‘the new you’ if you read newspaper and magazine articles. I’ve never really been a fan of this time of year because it always seems to be a time of… Continue Reading →

Why you should write a series

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in April: The definition of a series is probably quite fluid. It could be over a short period… Continue Reading →

Creating the perfect cast for A Deadly Rejection

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in March: JK Rowling famously said that Harry Potter walked into her head fully formed. Sadly, my main… Continue Reading →

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