Writers are brave people. We face blank pages, deadlines, plot holes, and the occasional existential crisis about commas. But nothing, absolutely nothing prepared me for the terror of the button Vellum asked me to press this week: “Remove Licence.” If you’ve ever used Vellum, you’ll know it’s the elegant workhorse behind many indie books. It formats beautifully, behaves itself, and generally asks very little of you. Until you need to change the email address on your licence.

If you are searching for your next good read, then check out this short list of new books. The Earl's Daughte r [still on pre-release] is there but there's a range of writers, styles and titles to choose from. As usual, and only going on clues from the cover pages, there would seem to be a heavy bias towards USA writers. So if you are looking for a book with authentic English and British elements by an English author then you will find it in The Earl's Daughter. Here's the l

The Victorian era offers a rich backdrop for stories of romance, family, and social change. This period, spanning Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901, was marked by strict social codes, evolving class structures, and deep family loyalties. These elements create fertile ground for compelling narratives that explore human relationships within a complex social framework. The new novel The Earl's Daughter , the first book in the Aucourte series, captures this world with auth

Every so often, an author gets one of those emails — the kind that flatters your writing, claims to have a “private community” of thousands of readers, and promises algorithmic miracles if you’ll only reply “interested.” I received one this morning, and instead of deleting it, I decided to translate it into its true meaning. The Scam Email… Translated Into Plain English: Hi Gill, I found your book because I scraped Amazon for keywords like Victorian, forbidden love, and noble

The Earl’s Daughter is now available After a long stretch of rewriting, refining, and two cover designs that didn’t capture her spirit, The Earl’s Daughter is finally ready to meet her readers. She is the first book in the Aucourte Chronicles—a new Victorian family saga, with romance at its core, beginning in 1892—and it’s a pleasure to be able to share her at last. Her dedicated page is now live at www.gillfernandez.com, where you’ll find the full description, retailer lin

I didn’t mean to write a novel. Honestly. A Boy Alone began as a short story. A back story for a major character from the first book in my new series coming out in 2026. So this story began as a quiet little piece starting on a child's eighth birthday. I wrote it in a rush of instinct, no outline, no plan, just the pulse of something that felt true, and a vague recognition that this dark beginning had always been lurking in my imagination, just waiting to come out. If you’ve

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