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Two writers based in London have been inspired by WW2 photographer Lee Miller.
Authors SL Roman, otherwise known as Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions got fresh inspiration from the Tate Britain exhibition. American Lee Miller took distinctive photos of London in the Blitz. She came from the artistic school of surrealism which meant she could find unusual images among the rubble. In one of her shots she…
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Our royally-supported novel now gets an airing on Spotify.
Fans of listening to stories can now hear our first Young Adult Novel on the digital audio podcast. One Year One Night by SL Roman was published in North America last year as an audio book, as well as in hardback form and a version for dyslexic readers. It’s the story of an unlucky boy…
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How Londoners coped with bombing in WW2 – research for the next YA novel by SL Roman.
Lots of the research for our second young adult novel deals with the violence and horror of war. But we spotted one display in London which was a bit different. Many organisations put on displays this summer of what they did in WW2, inspired by Victory in Europe day or VE day when the 80th…
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New US website for UK authors of One Year One Night on the heels of royal support.
Readers can now follow the background to the tale of the unlucky boy which led to the writing of One Year One Night. The new website can been found at slroman.com and it features photos of the authors and the atmospheric places where the story began. The historical Young Adult novel was published in the…
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The Queen of England has praised the writers of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
Sarah Onions – one half of SL Roman sent a copy of the Young Adult wartime romance to Camilla and she replied with a heartfelt thanks, support for the effort and the intention of reading the book which was published in North America and elsewhere last year. The Queen is a well-known reader herself and…
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Two wartime writers were inspired by an exhibition at London’s iconic St Paul’s cathedral.
SL Roman or – Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters had their first historical Young Adult novel One Year One Night published in N. America last year and are now gathering research for their second creation, set in the same era. Their current work in progress is set in the East End near the Cathedral,…
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The co-authors of One Year One Night by SL Roman are no slouch when it comes to research.
The original boy who was the inspiration for their first YA novel was killed by a stray bomb dropped on the town of Egham in southern England, in November 1940. There’s a plaque in Egham in Surrey confirming the explosion which actually killed 3 children (the elder of whom provided inspiration for the creation of their…
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Talking to young people in schools by the co-author of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
One of the face-to-face ways of engaging with young readers is to go into schools. I’m planning this, with my writing partner to promote our first Young Adult novel which was published in North America – and elsewhere, last year. We’ve also spoken to a young reader group in Egham library, in the town where…
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Learning to read spreadsheets for sales of the UK edition of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
I’ve been looking at the figures from a KDP Amazon spreadsheet for the UK edition of our first YA novel. It’s great to get a wider look at the sales and also examine some of the granular detail, albeit as a beginner in publishing. Looking across the tax year shows that we sold more copies…
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Promoting our first YA novel for U.S. book tour.
The announcement of a book tour to America in November meant I am making use of a lifetime of contacts to promote One Year One Night by S L Roman. It was published in N America last year by Red Chair Press and one idea was to go back to my old school on East…
One Year One Night - SL Roman. 