Thursday 17 December 2015

The 9:45 To Bletchley






Wrote Dec 2015

40,000 words into the fourth book in the Dudley Sisters Saga. 

Ena Dudley's story, The 9:45 To Bletchley, opens in a factory in Lowarth
in November 1941 - the night the Luftwaffe bomb Coventry. 

A set of circumstances lead her to Bletchley, involvement with spies and love.



Ena's character traits and plot - no spoilers though
And later the book cover. 

For now, I just wanted to share the joy of getting back into writing
after not being able to write a decent shopping list.

Monday 24 August 2015

A giant leap for the Indie Author


Bookshops and libraries are becoming more, local author and Indie, friendly. Visiting W. H. Smith in Rugby last week, I spotted a well laid-out shelf labelled, Local Authors. The last time I was in the shop it wasn’t there, so, exited by this, I made an appointment to see the Manageress the following day. I took in two copies of each of my novels with me and after reading the book-blurb on the back covers, she took all of them there and then. The Dudley sisters are in several small bookshops, but to see them on the shelves of a High Street store like, W.H. Smith, was an ambition realised.
Feeling confident, I called into my local library where I had left a copy of each of my novels some time ago. The manageress said she would love them in the main library, the mobile library too, and was 99.9% sure head office would agree. I borrow books from my local library, because I want to add to the libraries borrowing numbers. Too many libraries in the Midlands, and I'm sure in the rest of the country, are being closed down through lack of funding. 

My novels are printed on demand (POD), which even at author price cost as much as some of the books on sale at W. H. Smith. So, to be competitive, I lose money on them – and I shall donate to the library. But I gain, because my novels will be read by readers who either don’t have access to Amazon, or prefer to browse before they buy, or borrow, a book.  To me that is a win win situation.





A lovely surprise

Checking the Junk Folder, which for some reason since I downloaded 10 a week ago half my emails end up in it, I found an email with an attachment from an author friend. Junk mail, indeed!  Anyway, I immediately moved the email to the In Box and opened the attachment. To my delight and surprise there was a photograph of my three novels, sitting next to hers, in W.H. Smith, Rugby.  Foxden Acres, Applause, and China Blue, are also in my cousin's shop, Oh Lovely, on Church Street, Lutterworth. 

Books by Indie authors going into shops on the High Street is a small step in scheme of things, but it's a giant leap for the Independently published.




Wednesday 20 May 2015

CHINA BLUE by Madalyn Morgan

I am excited to share that the third novel in the Dudley Sisters Saga, China Blue, was published on Amazon – Kindle and Paperback – this month. I say saga because the original ‘quartet’ of novels has become, five.


China Blue
Claire Dudley's secret wartime love.

CHINA BLUE is the third book in The Dudley Sisters Saga

At the beginning of World War II Claire Dudley joins the WAAF.  She excels in languages and is recruited by the Special Operations Executive to work in Occupied France. 

Against SOE rules Claire falls in love.  The affair has to be kept secret.  Even after her lover falls into the hands of the Gestapo, Claire cannot tell anyone they are more than comrades. 

As the war reaches its climax, Claire fears she will never again see the man she loves.



Foxden Acres (2013), Bess Dudley’s story, is set on the land and is about strength and loyalty. Applause (2014) is Margot Dudley’s, story and is about her climb to fame in the theatres and clubs of London’s West End. China Blue (2015) is about Claire Dudley’s secret work and love while working undercover with the Special Operations Executive and the French Resistance in German occupied France. Book 4 will be Ena’s story. It is called, The 9:45 To Bletchley, and is set in and around Bletchley Park. Book five, The Foxden Hotel, which is already keeping me awake at night, will take place ten years after Foxden Acres and brings Bess’s sisters and many of the characters from the four books together. At the opening of the hotel, a fascist group gatecrash. One of the sisters recognises one of the men from London during the war. The group are thrown out of the hotel and chased off the property with disastrous consequences.

Monday 4 May 2015

Chill with a Book!: China Blue just FIVE Days from Publication!



Chill with a Book!: China Blue just FIVE Days from Publication!: CHINA BLUE by Madalyn Morgan It's almost here the launch date for China Blue, the third novel in the Dudley Sisters Saga.  ...



Pauline Barclay at chillwithabook.blogspot.com as generous as always in promoting books for authors and readers. Thank you Pauline.  "Yes, very excited that in 5 days time, May 9, China Blue will be on Kindle.  A couple of weeks afterwards - around May 20, it will be in paperback.  Exciting times.









Above: The book cover for paperback, by Cathy at Avalon Graphics
- and below, the cover for Amazon Kindle.





Thursday 23 April 2015

CHINA BLUE
by Madalyn Morgan

Madalyn is excited to share with everyone who looks at her Blog that 
 the launch date for China Blue, the third novel in the Dudley Sisters Saga, is

May 9, on Kindle, and May 23, in paperback.




CHINA BLUE is the third book in The Dudley Sisters Saga.

At the beginning of World War II Claire Dudley joins the WAAF.  She excels in languages and is recruited by the Special Operations Executive to work in Occupied France. 

Against SOE rules Claire falls in love.  The affair has to be kept secret.  Even after her lover falls into the hands of the Gestapo, Claire cannot tell anyone they are more than comrades. 

As the war reaches its climax, Claire fears she will never again see the man she loves.




Friday 17 April 2015

China Blue - The Book Cover.

The Book cover for China Blue, my third novel in the Dudley Sisters Quartet is finalised.

Launch date May 9, 2015

Thank you, Cathy Helms at Avalon Graphics, http://www.avalongraphics.org/ this is it!


3-D design for paperback 
Kindle Amazon cover













Left:
3D book cover
for promotion



Right:
Book cover for
Amazon Kindle

Sunday 8 March 2015

First draft of the design for the book cover of China Blue

China Blue is Claire Dudley's story.  The third novel in the Dudley Sisters Quartet begins with Claire in the WAAF.  She is recruited by the Special Operations Executive to work undercover with Canadian CRAF Captain, Alain Mitchell.  While living with the Belland family and working with the French Resistance, Claire falls in love. China Blue is a powerful love story that is packed with loyal friendships, honour, danger and sabotage.

The 95,000 word novel is due to be published end of April, beginning of May.  Watch this space.

This is the first draft of China Blue's book cover, which will go to professional designer, Cathy at Avalon Graphics, nearer the time of publication.

But for now:

The blue of the sky will come down the page as far as my name.
The dots below the short description is Morse code - 
and I may add 'Code name' above the title. 

WORK IN PROGRESS.