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'FALLING; is now available for you to purchase online!

The House of Vintner online store is now host to
Michelle Hayward's debut novel -
 'FALLING.'

Read the extract of the first five chapters for FREE!

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The 'FALLING' update we've all been waiting for!

After a very long and arduous couple of years - (having finished my 'Falling' manuscript on Valentine's Day 2010), I am finally ready to unveil my book for you to read. The 'Falling' process was made much longer for a variety of reasons, but we are finally ready to go!


Read the first 5 chapters by clicking Falling Extract.
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(*And as a small teaser, I can also reveal that I am currently working on the sequel to 'Falling!' - more details on that coming soon!)


I look forward to hearing your feedback!

Michelle Hayward
~ Author of Falling ~


FALLING..... faking it.... til you break it!

Valentine's Day!!!

FINAL 'FALLING' EDIT!

We've done it!!!!!!!

This part of the journey is almost over!

I finished the final edit and now all that's left to do is...

Go through it one more time and make sure all of the

additions and things to be deleted have been applied!

Apply for an ISBN!
(we have already reserved our numbers)

And PUBLISH!

WOOT!

It's awesome to have finished my book!

Valentine's Day 2010

will go down in my mind as the day

I finished my book!

Set around Valentine's Day,

I think it's kind of ironic that I finished it
on
 Valentine's Day!

What a long process from humble beginnings back in 2002,

when my youngest daughter was just 18 months of age.

For many years the book sat idle

with just 22 chapters

- a skeleton structure -

that needed more honing and defining!

I wasn't sure I would ever finish it!

Last year I decided it was time for

'FALLING'

to be dusted off!

I believed it should see the light of day!

I believed it should be published!

We have worked very diligently and very hard on this process

since that time,

sometimes during some very trying circumstances!

Thank you to my husband,

Peter Hayward

for the beautiful cover!

I adore it!

I have put blood, sweat and tears into this book.

 I have given 100% of myself to this project!

I look forward to sharing

'FALLING'

with you

very soon!

***

I also just wanted to add some extra pictures...

FALLING

A work in progress...

This morning I dug out the original

FALLING

manuscript!

Here it is

in all its glory

in a manilla folder!

Here are the two copies I have been working from

and editing over the past few weeks

plus the original manuscript!

Look at all of those pages!

I can't believe I am through

all of that now!

A work in progress...

A day in the life of an Author...

Time to do what we hope will be the final edit!

The manuscript you see here with a million tags hanging out of it

Has been edited some 4 or 5 times, maybe more, we've seriously lost count!

All we can tell you, this is the biggest task we've ever tackled...

Besides raising our brood, that is!!!

Last night we purchased new stationery supplies

So Michelle doesn't run out of ink!!!!!

(or chocolate)

This is a writer's worst nightmare!!!!

Now that the book has been edited and formatted,

the final cut is coming...

does anything need to be added...??

or removed...??

are there any typos...??

etc... etc...

I guess you could go on and on

forever...

but at some point you have to stop and say

"I'm really happy with that!"

So this is it folks!

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!

As you can see - we have two copies

The 'edited a million times version'

and the pristine copy Michelle is about

to ATTACK with a red pen

...and a highlighter

if I didn't get it (the editing) right.

Here's hoping I see much less of those tags!

More tags means more editing.

I'll post a photo of the final one...

so you can see what happened.

It might be worth a laugh!

(Shame I don't drink coffee)

So anyway...

You will have also noticed some very important items in the pics

that Michelle wanted me to mention!

Then you'll notice the very romantic doorhanger

created by Jodie Gallagher of Loli-Pop Kids Wall Art!

Thank you Jodie for the beautiful series of doorhangers.

(more pics of Jodie's work are on the blog)!

She would also like to acknowledge with sincere thanks:

Natalie Carey for reading the entire manuscript and providing much-valued feedback!

You can see our beautiful 'Falling' merchandise!

We can't wait to add these many sensational products to our 'Falling' Tote Bags!

SEE OUR PRODUCTS HERE!

Til the next post,
- Peter
'Falling' Editor (back up support, coffee maker, chocolate supplier....well, you get the idea!)

Just a quick 'Falling' Update

I just wanted to update you and let you know that the formatting of Falling is still occuring and we are looking forward to publishing ASAP! Unfortunately we lost some time with a sick computer and having to retype some of the information as it was only available in hardcopy (and lost from the harddrive!) These delays have been exceedingly frustrating for us! Self-publishing is a long road and not at all easy, but we know it will be worth it in the end when the book is complete. Please bear with us. We are hoping this process will not be too much longer.

Thanks,
Peter Hayward
-Editor

FALLING doorhangers - new designs available!

I commissioned the very talented Jodie Gallagher of Loli-pop Kids Wall Art, to produce an array of doorhangers as more merchandising for 'FALLING' these beautiful examples are what she has created so far!  Simply stunning!  I am so happy with them and I am sure you will be too! 

The Back Cover

We reveal a little of what unfolds in the story...

It’s almost Valentine's Day....the single most romantic day of the year. Working at ‘The Angel’s Verse’ greeting card company, newly single, Jenna Rose, writer extraordinaire, is hardly in the mood to compose sappy, romantic poetry for the timeless lovers of the world.

Jenna's best friend and sanity saver is ‘life of the party’ Carolyn Hart. They have known each other since 'forever’ and shared everything from the ecstasy of the first dates to the agony of the 31st date. Their wardrobes, full of little black dresses, are testament to their ‘lipstick and stilettos’ style of approach while trying to meet "Mr Right" whose first name isn't "Always"! But then Jenna falls for Zac Hart, Carolyn's brother, with disastrous results when a plan goes awry....let’s throw a dating agency into the mix...just to make life interesting. Soon, Jenna’s back-up plan becomes Ashton Lynch...a new man, with a whole new technique when it comes to love and romance!

Jenna must make a mind-blowing decision. Will she choose the object of her adolescent crush, gorgeous and sport crazy Journo, Zac Hart, or sweet lovable, predictable Ashton Lynch, the sexy stockbroker?

Journey through the ‘unpredictable’ minefield of dating with Jenna, as she navigates the lipstick jungle. With a glass of red and a laptop in hand, she is ready to take on the world.

It is magical, powerful, emotional and undeniably sexy!
It is... An Addiction!
I promise - YOU WILL BE HOOKED!