JUNE NEWSLETTER: Smashwords July Summer Sale

Grab a summer bargain with the Smashwords Summer Sales, plus some author news, links to free books and links to all my June posts on Substack - short stories, articles and more.

Jun 22, 2025

Welcome to my official first monthly newsletter. Hopefully there’s plenty to keep you entertained, including special offers, free books, details about book 4 plus links to all the content you may have missed since I joined Substack.

A Question—Each week I post content to the site: would you want to be emailed each time a new post is live, or would you prefer a round up of all the latest posts in the monthly newsletter like I have done here? - please let me know

Thanks for reading.

Let’s kick off this newsletter with a bang!

I’m excited to announce that my books, Dirty Little Secret, From Sorrow’s Hold and Cut And Shut, will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale!

This is a chance to get my books at a great discounted price— 50% off —along with books from a wide variety of authors in many different genres.

Starts July 1

You will find the promo here so save the link: https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/

Please share this promo with your friends, family and avid readers in your life!

Thank you for your help and support!

Happy reading!

AUTHOR NEWS

Work continues on the fourth Louise Miller book, ‘TIL IT BLEEDS. I’m well over half way through the writing, with around 180 manuscript pages and 65’000 words currently completed and edited.

Very much still on track to be finished by the end of August and then in September it goes to my beta readers who I hope will be kind and tell me the book is amazing. They won’t of course, and there’ll be some editing and re-writing to do I’m sure based off their notes and feedback, but all is moving smoothly so far towards the November release date.

Searching for your next favorite story?

Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

Perfect Time For A New Read

Cool Summer Reads

June Reads

LINKS TO JUNE’S POSTS

I want my substack to be more than just a monthly newsletter. I intend to use the platform to showcase long form articles about my personal road to publication and the decision to go the indie author route, as well as behind the scenes into my writing process. I’d also like to discuss topics such as the rise of AI in fiction writing (which I never use except for help with research), mental health awareness and the importance of fiction during turbulent times.

This is also a great way to put some pieces of fiction out into the world that have sat on my computer or Compost Heap of ideas for many years. I started this month by releasing a couple of short stories I wrote for my BA degree of Creative & Professional Writing.

Most of these are free posts which anyone can read, but a few are for paid subscribers. I hope you will consider becoming a paid subscriber and that these extra posts offer you some great value. Please let me know any other content I could offer for paid subscribers as I am still learning what is best for me as a writer and my readers.

Do you want to be notified when a new post goes lives? Let me know.

Enjoy!