June 4th, 2010 by mholman
Barefoot is the name of my book due out in November. I had real trouble finding a title for it, I swear it was easier naming my kids than giving this book a moniker but I’m very pleased with the name and the way the book has turned out and will post the cover and [...]
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May 12th, 2010 by mholman
Which is why animals tend to figure so much in my books.
The first photo is of Zoe, our dog who passed away in March. She was eleven, had bad hips and cataracts and she was deaf. Zoe was my writing buddy. She spent long hours snoring in her bed on the floor in [...]
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May 12th, 2010 by mholman
Yeehah! And if this post works then DOUBLE YEEHAH!!
Sorry,I haven’t posted anything since December but I couldn’t. My aging computer was getting more and more grumpy about coping with new fangled technology and as I’m more than a little cyber challenged myself , which is why teenaged children come in so handy and I was [...]
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December 1st, 2009 by mholman
I thought I’d let you know that currently I’m writing the follow up, Sherry and Glenn’s story. Sherry is Lisa’s big sister and a cop, and Glenn is Dan’s younger brother who’s an ex pro-basketball player. They met at the airport at the end of Bonkers/EH and locked horns over an incident involving a golf bag and [...]
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November 30th, 2009 by mholman
I’m heading to Cromwell in the South Island this week to research two books and attend the Cromwell Festival and Cherry Pit Spitting Competition on Saturday, 5th December. I did not make the competition up – it’s real. There’s a prize for best man, woman, boy and girl spitter and a grand prize of tickets to another [...]
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November 1st, 2009 by mholman
MARK TAYLOR/Waikato Times
PART OF PARENTING: Cambridge author Michelle Holman discusses breast cancer and screening with her daughter believing it will equip her to make decisions about her health. //
Waikato author Michelle Holman considers what her breasts mean to her.
Buzzies, hooters, boobs, breasts. Considering they’re two inanimate objects composed mainly of fat, there’s [...]
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October 29th, 2009 by mholman
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October 22nd, 2009 by mholman
“High class chick lit, rollicking good fun and a very hard read to put down. High on my list of must-read novels.”
Wanganui Chronicle
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October 13th, 2009 by mholman
Yeehah! It’s on the shelves! Visible proof of a year’s work. I really love this book and hope you do too. I’m going to be busy doing publicity for the next week or so and might not be able to check my messages or blog but don’t let that put you off dropping me a [...]
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October 13th, 2009 by mholman
Hamish doing the introduction
Wrights Bookstore, Cambridge
Went off with a bang thanks as usual to the outstanding efforts of Hamish, Nicky, Annette and Marie at Wrights Bookstore in Cambridge. Nicky again outdid all expectations with her wonderful red invitations, Hamish delivered the intro to end all intros by managing to include bonkers, divine and knotted in [...]
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