David Balmer

Pianist, published short story writer, steam locomotive fireman. From Up North. 🎹✍️🚂🇺🇦

[David Balmer @DavidBalmer14]

I absolutely love this illustration for my historical story in the People’s Friend Special (issue 222)

[📖Trisha Ashley📖 @trishaashley]

If you live near enough to make this library event in Conwy, do come!It will be me, Norma Curtis and Juliet Greenwood talking about our latest books, Christmas novels and childhood memories! There will allegedly be hot chocolate and mincepies... Book early - numbers are limited.

[📖Trisha Ashley📖 @trishaashley]

Snap up this Black Friday deal on the lovely hardback, for yourself or someone else! Deal: The Christmas Retreat: The heart-warming new holiday romance from the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Stories https://t.co/4VW0D7f1El #Amazon via @Amazon

[📖Trisha Ashley📖 @trishaashley]

Thank you for this absolutely wonderful reveiw! The Christmas Retreat by Trisha Ashley | #festivefiction #bookreview | @RandomTTours @PenguinUKBooks @TrishaAshley https://t.co/mdMvnAYx2K via @portybelle

[📖Trisha Ashley📖 @trishaashley]

Oh, how amazing to wake up to this! No2 in the https://t.co/KalPTeEPBR US Hot New Releases chart is stupendous! Thank you for posting that and making my morning perfect!

[David Balmer @DavidBalmer14]

@TheFriendMag This is sad news indeed. It’s been lovely chatting with everyone each week. I must admit though that what was Twitter, where I made many friends is not what it was.
Best wishes to fellow writers and good luck with your writing!

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@MarianJMyers @TheFriendMag Thank you Marian

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@TheFriendMag Thrilled to have my VJ Day story in this week’s People’s Friend Magazine. A special thank you to Mandy Dixon for her excellent illustration.

[📖Trisha Ashley📖 @trishaashley]

It is still a 99p kindle deal and a no 1 Regency! Plus I have some really lovely, thoughful reviews. https://t.co/S2DbGktUWz

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@TheFriendMag @lilysslave Congratulations to fellow writing friends in this week’s magazine.

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@TheFriendMag Difficult to say. I get interested in someone because of what they’ve done and then try a biography. I’d quite like to find a good one about Wernher von Braun the rocket scientist. I’m currently reading about how Hitchcock came to make Psycho.

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@TheFriendMag Actually, my favourite place to read a book is on the promenade deck of a cruise ship. You can usually find a quiet spot whilst everyone else is up by the pool.

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@TheFriendMag No

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@SarahWoods66 It looks lovely to me and of course it’s right by the FR

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@TheFriendMag I don’t put much thought into it to be honest. If something good comes to mind that’s fine but if it doesn’t I just give it a title and the fiction team either use it or come up with something better.

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@TheFriendMag I never have. It takes me ages to read a book, but I think that’s a good thing because you savour the carefully chosen words of the writer.

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@TheFriendMag Yes, I think I will, and in the not so nice world we live in I think we all need some uplifting therapy.

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@TheFriendMag Morning everyone. Nothing much to report this week. Been a lazy week.

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@TheFriendMag Very enjoyable hour. See you next week!

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@TheFriendMag Dracula’s castle. She’s been bitten and the appearance of the sun isn’t doing her complexion much good.

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@TheFriendMag Folding corners. Sorry if it offends. 😮