Saturday, 24 November 2012

Dogs, Colonels and a Giveaway!


At last I’ve got round to publishing a new short story collection. You Can’t Love a Stranger & Other Stories is now out on Kindle. The twelve stories all have animals in them – mainly dogs and I have to say Indy appears in one guise or another at least three times. Tilly too, most notably in The Incredible Threesome as Millie - my favourite story in the book for three very good reasons.

Indy's on the cover too, with my lovely Tilly - one of my favourite pictures of the two of them because they were both caught having fun waiting for me to throw a ball!




And I’ve also published another novella which was a Woman’s Weekly serial in a previous life. The Colonel & His Daughter is a light-hearted tale about Trudy, a lady of a certain age, who is adept at sorting out the problems in everyone else’s life, but ends up with a broken heart of her own. You know me though – there’ll be a happy ending. And there are, of course, dogs!

The Colonel & His Daughter is free to download on the 24th and 25th November.






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28 comments:

  1. Lynne Hackles24 November 2012 at 09:39

    Good luck with the books, Teresa. Love the covers. All the dog lovers will go for that first one.

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  2. Teresa Ashby24 November 2012 at 09:46

    Thank you, Lynne - I hope so :-) x

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  3. Sue Blackburn24 November 2012 at 09:47

    Brilliant Teresa. Wonderful covers. Good luck. :o) xx

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  4. Frances Garrood24 November 2012 at 10:24

    These look lovely. Teresa. You have been busy!

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    1. Teresa Ashby24 November 2012 at 12:45

      Thank you, Frances. I've two longer ones to get onto Kindle but I think they're going to have to wait until the new year - my poor brain feels ready to explode - it took me a whole morning just to sort out the fact that one single page hadn't formatted properly - aaagh! x

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  5. Wendy's Writing24 November 2012 at 11:15

    I think you shpuld write a new story called 'When Tilly Met Bonnie ...Grrrrr'

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    1. Teresa Ashby24 November 2012 at 12:49

      Tilly always surprised me when she met new dogs - she would chase off the bullies, run several miles from Irish Wolfhounds and occasionally she'd be a little mum if she was in the mood :-) x

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  6. Rosemary Gemmell24 November 2012 at 15:10

    Lovely cover of two lovely dogs, Teresa - and thanks for the giveaway!

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    1. Teresa Ashby24 November 2012 at 17:42

      Thank you, Rosemary - I've had that picture put aside for something special for some time :-) x

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  7. Writer Pat Newcombe24 November 2012 at 16:07

    Oh - you have been a busy lady, Teresa! A new collection and a new novella! The very best of luck with both of them. And what a super pair of pets...They look delightful.

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  8. Suzanne Ross Jones24 November 2012 at 18:50

    Love the collection's cover - such a lovely photo.

    And thank you for the freebie :0) xx

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  9. Pat Posner24 November 2012 at 20:15

    Lovely, gorgeous cover, Teresa!

    Thank you for the freebie, I've downloaded it onto my computer. I will think more positively about getting a Kindle.

    xxPat

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    1. Teresa Ashby25 November 2012 at 07:58

      Thank you Pat :-) Blogger had hidden you in spam - glad I found you :-)

      I was set against getting a Kindle, but now I have one - I don't use it all the time, but it's handy to stick in your bag for hospital waiting rooms and such - and easy to hold reading in bed. Still like a proper book best though :-) xx

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  10. Edith24 November 2012 at 23:50

    The collection looks great! Lovely cover. Thank you for the give away. I picked it up on amazon.com because for some reason we can't buy kindle from amazon.co.uk here in Ireland. No idea why! Anyway I 'liked' it on amazon. Best of luck xxx

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    1. Teresa Ashby25 November 2012 at 07:53

      Thank you, Edith - and thank you for liking too :-) xx

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  11. penandpaints24 November 2012 at 23:54

    They look great, Teresa, I love how happy the dogs look!
    Best of luck with the books :)
    x

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    1. Teresa Ashby25 November 2012 at 07:55

      Thank you! They do look happy don't they. Spaniels are so good at the sad, mournful faces even when they're not sad at all, it was nice to catch them enjoying themselves ;-) xx

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  12. Joanna25 November 2012 at 07:52

    They are beautiful covers, Teresa. Absolutely irresistible. And grateful thanks for the give-away. xx

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  13. Maria25 November 2012 at 12:29

    Hi Patsy, Those doggies do look like they were having fun!

    Many thanks for the freebie, you're a star. ;-) x Been feeling under the weather lately, so a nice bit of escapism will do me good.

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  14. Maggie May25 November 2012 at 12:42

    All the very best with your books - you are certainly a busy lady. The cover must bring back wonderful memories for you.

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    1. Teresa Ashby26 November 2012 at 08:58

      Thanks, Maggie - I haven't been able to write much, so sorting these books out was the next best thing :-) x

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  15. Colette McCormick25 November 2012 at 22:57

    Good luck with the books and I love the picture of the dogs.

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