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My blog’s viewing stats for February showed 645 views – which I thought was a lot as I’m not very active on social media. My last book was published in 2024 so my visibility these days is fairly low. April showed 915 views (865 visitors).

So, in April, the Home and Archive pages received the most views – 477. The next two stats did surprise me considering the age of the posts. 72 views for For the love of Dani in 2019 and 15 views for Talking about writing from 2015. I don’t know who all these visitors/viewers are, but thank you for checking in to my blog now and then.

Dani is a main character in Changing Perspectives, my best selling novel by far. Released in 2017, it’s still picking up sales now and again. It was also my first audio book. I met up with narrator Nicki Vincent in a local coffee shop, mainly to sound her out about how to go about producing an audio version of my books. I gave her two books to take a look at and, probably not surprising, she chose Changing Perspectives and sent samples of voices for several of the characters. I was immediately hooked and knew I had to go ahead with the production. Four more audio books have followed since then and I’m pleased that I made the decision to give audio a chance.

It was likely on the strength of Changing Perspectives‘ success that I thought a sequel would be a good idea. Wrong! Changing Times, published in 2022 totally tanked. I moved the story on thirty years to focus on the next generation. I was sorry it garnered so little interest as I had also included updates on how the older characters from 1993 had fared.

On a completely different note: here are two photos from our recent visit to Ambleside in Cumbria showing the remains of the Roman fort and the northern end of Windermere beyond.

Print and eBooks by Jen Silver are available from Affinity Rainbow Publications / Amazon, Bella Books, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Apple Books

Other Audiobooks – all narrated by Nicola Victoria Vincent:

A Wild Moon Rises: Audible UK/ Audible US / Apple Books / Kobo / Nook (B&N) / Storytel / Google Play / Libro.fm / Audiobooks / Everand (Scribd) / Spotify

Darcy Comes Home: Audibl e U K / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Apple Books

Starting Over: Audible UK / Audible US / Audible DE / Audible CA / Audible AU / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Apple Books

Changing Perspectives: Audible / Amazon / Apple Books / Beek / Chirp / Everand (Scribd) / Google Play / Kobo / Nook / Spotify

Books by Jen Silver — Jen Silver’s books

Where I live, we’re surrounded by beautiful countryside only a short walk away. We also don’t have to travel very far in any direction to experience amazing views.

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When I started writing Country Living, one of my aims was to show how someone from the city could adapt to life in the country. Peri, one of the main characters, copes with the move well. But this is her dream so she’s motivated to make it work.

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It soon becomes clear that her wife has no intention of joining her. Karla’s plans involve enjoying scenery of a different kind, mainly from someone else’s bed.

Peri’s very lucky then that her new neighbours turn out to be friendly and helpful. They live in the farmhouse a bit further up the hill from Peri’s cottage. Of course she’s totally unaware that they have any other business apart from sheep farming. I guess she didn’t watch the Happy Valley TV series; otherwise she might have been more clued up on how the area had that name bestowed on it by the local police force.

With Country Living, I didn’t set out to write a polemic on the pros and cons of legalising marijuana. I’ve tried to present a balanced view, as there are generally more than two sides to any discussion of this issue. Peri’s dilemma centres on whether or not she should report the family to the authorities.

This is all fiction. I don’t have any personal experience of knowing anyone who grows or sells the stuff. But I live in Happy Valley so I know it’s around.

Anyway, this book is a romance. Love is in the air – along with other substances.

Happy reading!

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