Two paperbacks out now

 Hi to all my fellow readers and writers out there. Today I really felt as if Spring is on its way. The sun was out and at times it was actually warm. It certainly lifts the spirits.

It feels like I have been working on preparing my two books for publication for months, but I have certainly learned a lot and will be much wiser next time around. I am now working on a book of short stories, which will also contained 'Sandy Stables', which was a serial and is now a short novella. In the meantime, A Match Made in Heaven and All The King's Horses are now on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and about to be on Amazon in paperback any day now. If you read them, I hope you enjoy them.

All The King's Horses eBook : Goodall, Julie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

A Match Made In Heaven eBook : Goodall, Julie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

The links will also lead to the paperbacks.

I was happy to have a Valentine's Day story out in the People's Friend weekly on 14th Feb.  It was nice to be in the weekly as I seem to have had most of my stories in the Specials for ages. It will be due to the length of the stories, which has made me realise which length stories I must automatically prefer writing!

For a while, I've been making notes and mulling over an idea for another novel - possibly a pocket novel for The People's Friend. Two nights ago, very inconveniently, I woke up suddenly at 5am with the first few lines of the novel in my head and a whole first scene. This never happens that way so of course I had to get my phone and write it down in notes. Then I just kept writing the whole scene and one and a half hours later I had to put the phone down and pick up my kindle to try and calm my brain down. However, I can't really do anything else with it just yet as I'm editing/rewriting short stories to put in my books of short stories.

Ruth and I went to see 'Crime 101' this evening. It was excellent and we both really liked the ending. Mark Ruffalo was in it - one of my favourite actors. And Chris Hemsworth. A lot of well-known actors actually.

It's getting late and I need to start thinking about creating a website, but maybe not tonight as I've just seen it's 11.29pm (eek).

Night everyone. Happy reading, whatever you're reading right now. Sleep well.

A Match Made in Heaven on Amazon Kindle/Kindle Unlimited

 Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing well, despite the world around us going somewhat downhill.

It seems to me the perfect time to lose ourselves in books. I am reading a writer friend's book right now, which is set in Australia. It's by Jill Barry, who is very prolific. Wonderful to escape down under😍

Today's fabulous news is that 'A Match Made in Heaven' is now available on Amazon Kindle (£2.49) and Kindle Unlimited under the publisher Rywood Books. I'm obviously thrilled.

Some more good news is that I signed with Ulverscroft last week, so 'A Match...' will also be in libraries in large print format on July 1st 2026. This will be the Pocket Novel version that came out under the publisher D C Thomson.

I'll update when it is available in paperback on Amazon too.

I have a Valentine's Day story in The People's Friend weekly magazine next week and will add that when it's out. In the meantime, I'm really looking forward to seeing 'Wuthering Heights' at the cinema next week. I saw 'Is This Thing On?' on Tuesday...the movie based on John Bishop's marriage...which was excellent. Surprising that they didn't use 'John' as the main character but used a fictional character instead, but perhaps the American audience isn't that aware of him?

Bearing in mind all the happenings across the pond, I decided to have a bash at listening to the 'The Handmaids Tale' on audiobook. I only started it today on a dog walk so it'll be a while before I get through the first book. This was initiated by listening to Margaret Atwood on Desert Island Discs.

A week ago, I was down The Bull in Ilchester listening to Grey Wolves, a local(ish) band. They did a set in our garden for my 60th birthday party in the summer and were amazing. It was a great night and I got home very late/early😬.

I hope you are all OK out there. Let me know any book recommendations in the comments. I love hearing what people are reading.