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Mark Sippings

@MarkSipps

Ex Restauranteur and Civil Servant, now singer, actor and writer - my novel, Cold Sunflowers, a contemporary fiction love story is out now.

 East, England
coldsunflowers.co.uk
Joined March 2011
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Over 100 FIVE STAR ratings - "I laughed and cried'' "the most beautiful descriptions I have read" Teenage Raymond leads a lonely life and then he meets WW1 veteran Ernest ... getbook.at/Cold-Sunflowers #IARTG #BookBoost #AuthorUpROAR #indiebookblast #mustread #BYNR #RRBC #Kindle
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How To Use ProWritingAid To Improve Your Writing With Chris Banks bit.ly/3MLRXpI

How To Use ProWritingAid To Improve Your Writing With Chris Banks |

You cannot see many of the problems with your own writing, as you are so close to the manuscript. ProWritingAid can help you self-edit your work before you take it on to a human editor, so they can...

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Dubravka Ugrešić: a droll genius with an unwavering devotion to literature bit.ly/40cb8fp
Dubravka Ugrešić: a droll genius with an unwavering devotion to literature

Dubravka Ugrešić: a droll genius with an unwavering devotion to literature

The writer who died last month was a fiercely funny social commentator whose prose always radiated a playful profundity

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Teenage Raymond leads a lonely and frightened life. But when he meets Ernest, an elderly gentleman with memories of World War I, their unlikely friendship changes his perspective Cold Sunflowers No1 best seller - 46 in the Amazon charts bit.ly/2COub9q #kindle #ebooks
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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup bit.ly/43tjdiF
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff; Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy; Death of a Book Seller by Alice Slater; Death Under a Little Sky by Stig Abell; The House of Whispers by Anna Mazzola

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Colson Whitehead: 'When I read Invisible Man I thought maybe there's room for a Black weirdo like me' bit.ly/40cFkH0
Colson Whitehead: ‘When I read Invisible Man I thought maybe there’s room for a Black weirdo like...

Colson Whitehead: ‘When I read Invisible Man I thought maybe there’s room for a Black weirdo like...

The Pulitzer prize-winning novelist on discovering Ralph Ellison as a child, his passion for esoteric encyclopedias and why he loves World War Z

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Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler review – the road to fairness bit.ly/3mAZEUY
Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler review – the road to fairness

Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler review – the road to fairness

A stirring call to make justice and equity a reality by applying the ideas of liberal philosopher John Rawls

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"I really enjoyed this book""beautifully written" "funny, sad and very moving" Cold Sunflowers is out now bit.ly/2DpCXGE #bookboost #authoruproar #indiebookspromo #indiebookblast #indiebooksbeseen #IARTG #BYNR #RRBC #mustread #kindle #indiebooksource #ww1
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"a genuine page-turner" "I loved this book from start to finish!" Cold Sunflowers out now getbook.at/Cold-Sunflowers #bookboost #authoruproar #indiebookblast #mustread #kindle #indiebooksource #ebooks #IARTG
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Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas review – a melancholic novel about lives not lived bit.ly/43u8Kn5
Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas review – a melancholic novel about lives not lived

Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas review – a melancholic novel about lives not lived

The Australian author’s quiet debut follows an unnamed narrator who falls for a charming man the same age as her mother, with both older adults competing for her attention

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Amazon.com 4.8 Amazon UK 4.9 Good reads 4.72 Reached 56 in Amazon best sellers. "beautifully written""full of hope" "a rare book" Cold Sunflowers is a gentle coming of age tale that will tug on your heart strings. bit.ly/2DpCXGE #bookboost #kindle
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The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – trapped in lockdown bit.ly/43yViy2
The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – trapped in lockdown

The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – trapped in lockdown

Trust breaks down between the survivors of a vaccine trial as they prepare to brave a world wiped out by pandemic

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Granta reveals its pick of future star British novelists bit.ly/3ohj69u
Granta reveals its pick of future star British novelists

Granta reveals its pick of future star British novelists

The journal’s once-in-a-decade selection of the best fiction writers under 40 has broadened its selection of 20 to include authors who ‘regard the UK as their home’

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"Absolutely loved this book""A lovely read, great characters" "a lovely book to read from start to finish " Ordinary Angels is available bit.ly/3UOmhS1 #bookboost #authoruproar #indiebookspromo #indiebookblast #indiebooksbeseen #IARTG #RRBC #kindle #indiebooksource
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The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa review – high-risk comic debut bit.ly/3zYeGqU
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa review – high-risk comic debut

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa review – high-risk comic debut

Stephen Buoro’s tale of a teenager in Nigeria, hanging with his friends and hankering after white girls, ticks all the boxes of a literary blockbuster

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Huge thanks to everyone who has purchased Cold Sunflowers. My second book Ordinary Angels is now for sale at bit.ly/3UOmhS1 Thanks for all your incredible support - you have been amazing. #IARTG #BYNR #RRBC #mustread #kindle #indiebooksource #ebooks
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Publisher Logos: 7 Amazing Examples To Inspire Your Design  bit.ly/3oajyXl
11 of the Best Book Publisher Logos To Inspire Your Design

11 of the Best Book Publisher Logos To Inspire Your Design

Book publisher logos are a part of the publishing process that are often overlooked. However, logos are an integral part of marketing and alerting readers to...

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"Do read it. You will feel encouraged and uplifted" "It draws you in from page one and keeps your attention throughout" On sale at bit.ly/3UOmhS1 #mustread #kindle
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Plot by Claudia Rankine review – the lives of mothers bit.ly/404OpSf
Plot by Claudia Rankine review – the lives of mothers

Plot by Claudia Rankine review – the lives of mothers

The award-winning author of Citizen turns her mind to the complexities of balancing art and parenting

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Poem of the week: The Place I Am by Peter Bennet bit.ly/3Ksll1k
Poem of the week: The Place I Am by Peter Bennet

Poem of the week: The Place I Am by Peter Bennet

The boundaries between place and self become intriguingly fuzzy in this painterly reflection

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Top 10 badly behaved biographies bit.ly/3Kujrxj
Top 10 badly behaved biographies

Top 10 badly behaved biographies

Life writing is usually a conventional business, but these writers take on the job by discarding the rules, with thrilling results

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