Louise Walters Books

Writing is something I've done, on and off (sometimes off for years) since I was a child. I really started to take it seriously in my thirties, writing poetry for a few years before embarking on my first serious attempt at a novel once I'd turned 40. This novel eventually became my third-to-be-published novel, The Road to California. I was over the moon in 2012 when my second attempted novel, Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase, found an agent and a few months later, a book deal. I was n

Hello everybody. If you're in the UK, I hope you're enjoying the sunshine we've had of late. Dare I say my garden is getting a bit dry...

Hello, just a quick blog post to let you know that the second part of my serialised novel is now available on my Substack. Please pop over there and have a read. I'm publishing my novel for FREE, in instalments, throughout 2025, every Wednesday at 11:30am GMT. Paying subscribers will also get a weekly post about the writing of The White Feather... info about the planning, drafting, and editing decisions I make. Hopefully an interesting insight into how a novelist novels! I'd

Hello everybody. Just a quick blog post this time with, I hope, exciting novel news! I'm bringing out my sixth novel in 2025... for free,...

I published my fifth novel in July. I have to say, I'm pleased with the way it's turned out. I found a perfect photo for the cover,...

I'm thrilled to reveal today the title and the cover of my fifth novel! It's called We Are Family, and it will be published, by me, on...

I've been cogitating this blog post for a few weeks now. It's not an easy one to write. It's quite mean, in some ways. Perhaps that really means truthful. Either way, here it is. Truth bombs incoming... I made the decision to close my tiny indie press Louise Walters Books, in June this year. In the end, it was an easy decision to make, in many ways. Eventually you have to stop doing the thing that's hurting you. In my case, banging my head against a very hard and unforgiving

Happy August everybody! (Please can we have some summer this month...?) I got through July, the first month as...

Welcome to my new blog! My old Blogger blog has died a death, and I can't access it... well, it's been a couple of years or so since I last wrote a blog post... it's still available on the web, but I can't add to it anymore. So I've set up this new one. I'll be writing a few book reviews, writing-and-editing-advice posts, and in time I'll be reflecting on life post-indie-publishing. I recently made the decision to close the publishing side of my business. It was a tough decis