Last Stop on the #BlogTour

It’s been lovely to read all of the fantastic reviews during my first blog tour. All of the bloggers who took part have been very generous with their time and have been very positive about “The Accident”. I have satisfied readers, which is all an author wants in life.

If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, download a copy now and let me know what you think in a short Amazon review. It is also a perfect read for book clubs – I could even be persuaded to make a guest appearance to talk about the book if you are hosting a local book club!

In the meantime, as the last stop on the blog tour, today’s review comes from Books and Chinooks: https://www.booksandchinooks.com/single-post/2017/10/25/Blog-Tour–The-Accident-by-Dawn-Goodwin.

Thank you to all the bloggers, readers and fans – you all helped to get “The Accident” into the Top 100 on the Amazon UK Kindle chart and the no 1 bestselling Amazon psychological thriller in Canada, and for this I am immensely grateful.

Sarah Hurley Book Club – The Accident Book Tour

Originally posted on Sarah Hurley Blog:
Today, we’re taking part in a blog tour to celebrate the release of The Accident by Dawn Goodwin. Who Do You Trust? Veronica is in the middle of a crisis. Her daughter has died…

The Accident by Dawn Goodwin Blog Tour – Review

Blog Tour – The Accident: Yesterday’s fantastic review by Bookish Jottings…

Bookish Jottings

A tragic accident, an unbearable loss and a marriage in crisis – but who can she trust or is she all alone? A gripping, debut psychological thriller that will keep you hooked. Perfect for the fans of Paula Hawkins and S.J. Watson.

Veronica Pullman‘s comfortable suburban life comes to a shuddering halt when her young daughter, Grace, tragically dies in a car accident.

Months later, unable to come to terms with her daughter’s death, detached from her husband and alienated from her friends and family, a chance encounter on a rainy street pushes her into an unlikely new friendship.

Scarlet is everything Veronica could’ve been: feisty, adventurous, unpredictable. But as she approaches what would have been Grace’s 10th birthday, it becomes clear to Veronica that the friendship she thought was saving her life could be costing her everything.

Consumed by grief and left questioning her own sanity, 

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The Accident By Dawn Goodwin @DGoodwinAuthor @Aria_Fiction #AuthorFeature

Blog Tour: My Thoughts on Planning a Novel – thanks to Love Books Group for taking part in the blog tour.

Blog Tour – The Accident

Yesterday, it was the turn of “Read Along with Sue”, who wrote a fantastic review of The Accident for the Blog Tour. You can read it here:   https://sueandherbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-accident-blog-tour.html.

Thank you to all of the bloggers who have generously given up their time to read and review the book – so far, the reviews are all positive and I am thrilled at the response. If you haven’t downloaded the book yet, do it now while it is only 99p on Amazon!

 

Blog tour and review: The Accident

Today’s stop on the blog tour for The Accident, courtesy of Dandelions Inspired.

Dandelions Inspired

About the book

A tragic accident, an unbearable loss and a marriage in crisis – but who can she trust or is she all alone? A gripping, debut psychological thriller that will keep you hooked. Perfect for the fans of Paula Hawkins and S.J. Watson.

Veronica Pullman’s comfortable suburban life comes to a shuddering halt when her young daughter, Grace, tragically dies in a car accident.  

Months later, unable to come to terms with her daughter’s death, detached from her husband and alienated from her friends and family, a chance encounter on a rainy street pushes her into an unlikely new friendship.

Scarlet is everything Veronica could’ve been: feisty, adventurous, unpredictable.  But as she approaches what would have been Grace’s 10th birthday, it becomes clear to Veronica that the friendship she thought was saving her life could be costing her everything.

Consumed by grief and left questioning her own…

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Blog Tour: The Accident

The blog tour has begun! Make sure you follow the posts for interviews, reviews and various opinions on “The Accident”. Yesterday, I did a Q & A with Chick Lit Club Connect, which you can read here: https://connect.chicklitclub.com/wp/2017/10/10/qa-with-dawn-goodwin/.

Blog Tour: The Accident (Dawn Goodwin) @Aria_Fiction @DGoodwinAuthor

Post One of the Blog Tour for The Accident, courtesy of Clues and Reviews.

Clues and Reviews

Good Afternoon (and Happy Thanksgiving to all those Canadians who are reading this!) and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Accident by Dawn Goodwin.  I am thrilled to be kicking off the tour with a guest post by the author discussing the inspiration behind the novel.

First, let’s take a look at the synopsis of this debut psychological thriller that is perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and S.J Watson.

Veronica Pullman’s comfortable suburban life comes to a shuddering halt when her young daughter, Grace, tragically dies in a car accident.

Months later, unable to come to terms with her daughter’s death, detached from her husband and alienated from her friends and family, a chance encounter on a rainy street pushes her into an unlikely new friendship.

Scarlet is everything Veronica could’ve been: feisty, adventurous, unpredictable.  But as she approaches what would have been Grace’s 10th birthday…

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Rhino Skin

It’s ten days to publication for “The Accident” and advance reviews are starting to come in. On the whole, the book is being received very positively – lots of four and five star reviews on Netgalley and Goodreads, with some lovely comments, which are always nice to read.

However, there have also been one or two more negative reviews and I have now realised that I am going to have to develop the skin of a rhinoceros if I am to survive as an author. When I read the first negative review, I felt wounded. The reviewer even resorted to capital letters to get her dissatisfaction across, as though she was shouting at me directly from the page. But then I forced myself to step back and look at the picture as a whole. First, it still came with a two star, which is better than one star. Second, I can respect that they spent time and money on a product that left them wanting.

Obviously, not everyone is going to like “The Accident”, but it is my hope that the majority will and will come away from it feeling moved in some way or thinking that the money they spent was worthwhile and that I provided them with a few hours of escapism, entertainment and enjoyment.

But it is inevitable that there will be some dissatisfied readers. There are many books that I have read that my friends have loved and I have thought, “Really? Why?” Even so, perhaps because I am a writer myself, I’m conscious of the fact that there is a person behind that book, who has spent years working on it, perfecting it, creating a world from their own imagination, and invested a lot of emotion and energy into it. It’s a surreal thing to see something you have worked on in isolation for so long become a physical entity of its own, much like a child, and that you have to release it into the public and set free. The idea that my friends and family will read my words fills me with a fair degree of trepidation, but the Great British Public fills me with fear.

One of the downsides of social media is that everyone is welcome to post their opinions without recourse, so I have to brace for criticism and hope for praise. With this in mind, if you feel moved enough to write a review, treat it like you would when appraising your child’s dodgy attempt at making a pottery vase…. And if it’s not your cup of tea, I’ve still done you a service by making you spent your £3 on a book rather than on a muffin to accompany your latte. You can thank me later.

Husband Appreciation Day

Even though writing is a predominantly solitary endeavour, it takes more than just one person in front of a keyboard to get a manuscript across the finish line. This has become particularly apparent to me in the last few weeks.

I am currently two weeks off publication day (gasp) and not only do I have my regular job to manage, complete with year-end financials and a pesky ISO annual inspection, I also have to market my upcoming novel with blog posts, tweets, the Book of Face, etc and finish the first draft of my next novel ready for submission to my agent.

It is this that is panicking me the most, I think. I have mentioned before the “Second Album Syndrome” of writing something completely different yet eminently as readable as the first, but in less time and while juggling more balls in the air.

This is where support is important. For the last two weekends, my Other Half has put aside all of his own plans and taken over the role of taxi driver and chief entertainer to deliver my girls to their sporting commitments and keep them amused in order for me to have entire days to myself to focus purely on my word count.

As a result, I hit a record 8,000+ words yesterday alone and the end is in sight. I could not have done it without him. So I want to take a brief moment to give him and my girls a moment of appreciation and show them some love for leaving me alone all weekend.

That said, I’m the one who has to use the time wisely. Any writer will tell you it is far too easy to be distracted in this digital age. I can find myself spending hours on quizzes about how I would be killed off if I was a Game of Thrones character or if I can name 100 Eighties singers from just pictures of their nostrils. Twitter is like a time wormhole that can suck you in and spit you out three hours later dazed and confused. I now know why so many writers announce that they are disappearing from social media for a few weeks in order to finish a project.

I’m not taking such drastic lengths just yet – mostly because I need said social media to whip readers into a buying frenzy in the next two weeks – but I do appreciate everyone who has helped to get me into the predicament I am in with too much to do and too little time. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

P.S. It seems fitting to remind you at this point that “The Accident” will be published by Aria on 1 October 2017 and is available to preorder from Amazon and all good ebook retailers.