Throughout my life I have had many roles: a wife and mother at eighteen,...

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Somerset County Gazette feature on Bethany Askew

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Feature on Bethany Askew in the Somerset County Gazette 23.3.17 

 
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Poppy’s Seed Review by Mature Times

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Publishing Poppy

Posted by: Bethany Askew    Tags:  , , , , , ,     Posted date:  February 10, 2017  |  No comment


Publishing Poppy

As I said in my last blog, 2016 was the year I decided to publish some of my books in proper printed form. For some years now four of my novels and my short story have ben published on Amazon Kindle. For those of you not aware of the publishing process, this is a free option, a wonderful way of testing the waters, getting your work out there and seeing it is worth reading. The problem, of course, with this, is that...

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Planting Poppy’s Seed

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Planting Poppy's Seed

  I’ve just finished writing my fifth novel. This one is called "Poppy's Seed" and is about a couple who have just retired. People who know me will realise that like many of my novels, it’s semi-autobiographical. In fact the heroine in this one is more like me than in any of my other books. Many writers use present and past experiences in their work. I’m not the sort of writer who can put herself into the position of imagining places, situations...

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