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# Belinda Missen

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## Posts

- [blog tour: the legend of valentine by sheldon collins](https://belindamissen.com/2025/10/12/blog-tour-the-legend-of-valentine-by-sheldon-collins/) - Today's blog guest is author Sheldon Collins. It's been a wild ride for Sheldon lately - his book, The Legend of Valentine, recently became an Amazon best-seller. I asked him how that felt ... "On January 24, 2025, The Legend of Valentine reached the Amazon bestseller list for Classic Roman Literature — only three days
- [blog tour: the players act 1 by amy sparkes](https://belindamissen.com/2025/08/21/blog-tour-the-players-act-1-by-amy-sparkes/) - Rachel: Hey Belinda, how do you feel about a blog tour for a book about Shakespeare, a theatre troupe, and the 1700s? Belinda: SIGN ME UP! BLURB How far would you go to save what you truly love? England, 1715.When society doesn’t understand you, and your family is out of the picture, a strolling
- [blog tour: this ruined place by michael lawrence](https://belindamissen.com/2025/06/07/blog-tour-this-ruined-place-by-michael-lawrence/) - Blurb: Evy Miller thinks a summer with her grandparents in sleepy Dorset will be painfully dull. Her suspicions are confirmed when Juby, a wild-haired, lanky old man, strolls through her grandparents' doorway. At first, she thinks he’s nothing more than an odd duck who charms her grandmother and annoys her grandfather. The last thing she
- [blog tour: the windsor love pact by lizzie chantree](https://belindamissen.com/2025/05/30/blog-tour-the-windsor-love-pact-by-lizzie-chantree/) - Get ready to fall head over heels for The Windsor Love Pact—a swoon-worthy fake-dating romance that’s perfect for fans of small-town charm and irresistible movie stars. When orderly designer Maya meets spontaneous heartthrob Noah Benedict, sparks fly in all the wrong—and oh-so-right—ways. What starts as a simple arrangement to dodge drama quickly turns into a
- [blog tour: summer at the sunflower cottage by jodie homer](https://belindamissen.com/2025/05/24/blog-tour-summer-at-the-sunflower-cottage-by-jodie-homer/) - Book Besties, today it's my turn to head up the Blog Tour for Jodie Homer's gorgeous new book Summer At The Sunflower Cottage. Blurb 6 friends5 weeks of summer4 exes3 pets2 bitter ends1 cottage for the summerWhat’s the worst that could happen? Emma wants one last summer with her childhood best friends to honour the
- [blog tour: shadows in the spring by christina courtenay](https://belindamissen.com/2025/05/03/blog-tour-shadows-in-the-spring-by-christina-courtenay/) - I'm back with another blog tour! This time, we're checking in with Christina Courtenay and her new release, Shadows In The Spring. Firstly, how gorgeous is that cover? And, secondly, check out this excerpt. The meet-cute is the moment I fall—not just for the characters, but for the whole dang book! Socials and buy links
- [blog tour: the throne of ash by lissy porter](https://belindamissen.com/2025/05/10/blog-tour-the-throne-of-ash-by-lissy-porter/) - Royal families are fascinating. The scandal, the protocols, the traditions ... the complete detachment from every day reality. You'll often find me with my nose buried in a royal biography, so when the opportunity to be part of this blog tour popped up, I was SO IN. Check out this excerpt from Lissy Porter's The
- [blog tour: summer paths by the seasonal collective](https://belindamissen.com/2025/05/15/blog-tour-summer-paths-by-the-seasonal-collective/) - This, the fourth and final selection of stories, completes the Seasonal Paths series created by a consortium of best-selling and award-winning North Atlantic writers.In this anthology you will encounter unintentioned consequences, love in later life, the pull of family dynamics, misguided assumptions and murderous soulmates. Enjoy this excerpt from S C Eston. The Huntress By
- [blog tour: you can't hurry love by susan buchanan](https://belindamissen.com/2025/05/06/blog-tour-you-cant-hurry-love-by-susan-buchanan/) - If your book is going to share a name with a song from 80s overlord, Phil Collins, you must know I'm jumping on it. Come along with me today for this fantastic excerpt from Susan Buchanan's latest feel-good read. New volunteer Kat has been allowed to look after the sloths on her own for the
- [blog tour: candlelight dreams in cosy cove by abbey hicks](https://belindamissen.com/2025/03/11/blog-tour-candlelight-dreams-in-cosy-cove/) - G’day and welcome to the blog tour for Abbey Hicks’s brilliant new book Candlelight Dreams in Cosy Cove. I’m so excited to be part of this tour because I get to show you the best part: the meet-cute! Enjoy x Candlelight Dreams in Cosy Cove Welcome to Cosy Cove, where love burns brighter than any
- [review: the whitlock close weddings by karen louise hollis](https://belindamissen.com/2025/03/11/review-the-whitlock-close-weddings-by-karen-louise-hollis/) - A Delightful and Heartwarming Read – Highly Recommend! Karen Louise Hollis has done it again with The Whitlock Close Weddings! This charming sequel transports us back to the cozy village of Whitlock Close in the early 1980s, where we catch up with familiar faces and new beginnings. While it’s the second book in the series,
- [my t-shirt smells like fish fingers](https://belindamissen.com/2025/02/27/my-t-shirt-smells-like-fish-fingers/) - Piped music suddenly stops. The screen, only moments ago blazing brightly with instructions for song requests at tonight’s show, flickers to black. And the stadium lights fall dark. My heart races and my feet are already itching to dance. I know what’s about to happen, I’ve seen this all before. But, around me, no one
- [blurb reveal: Waiting For A Star To Fall](https://belindamissen.com/2025/02/01/blurb-reveal-waiting-for-a-star-to-fall/) - She was looking for a break. He was looking for forever. When travel writer Isobel Bennett finds herself in London a week before Christmas, all she can think of is snow-covered streets, festive markets, and reuniting with her best friend. That’s until a handsome stranger slips on ice, sending them both tumbling to the ground.
- [the road ahead](https://belindamissen.com/2024/07/14/the-road-ahead/) - Look at all them tags up there. Anyone would think I’ve got something to say. I guess I do. Finally. If you’ve stuck around the last few years, thank you. You’ll also know they haven’t been easy for me. The dream of publishing coupled with some scary mental health issues have meant that, well, things
- [and the tour moves on ...](https://belindamissen.com/2023/11/16/and-the-tour-moves-on/) - If you can’t already tell, I’m a few weeks behind with these blog posts. I haven’t posted to my new instagram handle … not a once, and I’m a hot mess of overworked and understimulated - so bear with me while I catch myself up. The car is home. It’s in the driveway, everyone’s got
- [loading team, move in …](https://belindamissen.com/2023/11/06/loading-team-move-in/) - I’ve paid the deposit, waited for a roadworthy, and now I’ve got the keys in hand. So … what happens now? A huge amount of trepidation follows me out of the car yard as the Explorer meets the Princes Highway. It’s a road I’ve driven thousands of times, but it feels a touch more delicate
- [the woman in me by britney spears](https://belindamissen.com/2023/11/05/the-woman-in-me-by-britney-spears/) - time to embrace the celebrity memoir trend It’s the book we all read before we read it: thanks X, thanks facebook updates, and thanks clickbait articles. Still, if you think you’ve read all there is thanks to the above, think again. Fucking yikes. That was my two word review on facebook, and I’m struggling to
- [welcome to jurassic park](https://belindamissen.com/2023/11/05/welcome-to-jurassic-park/) - So, if you’ve spent any time around me from Grand Final Day 1993 (not being autistic specific at all), then you’ll know that I absolutely love Jurassic Park. I walked out of the cinema being completely wowed by the story, the action, the effect, and with a wedding planner on speed dial so this 11 explorer
- [fuck’n bread](https://belindamissen.com/2023/07/19/fuckn-bread/) - Picture this, Melbourne Covid lockdowns, nowhere to go, nowhere to spend my coin, and an endless internet connection. It may not have been a time of great prosperity for the Australian economy, but there were about a dozen or so Kickstarter projects that were feeling the love from my corner of the world. Coming in
- [titanic : still holds up](https://belindamissen.com/2023/07/11/titanic-26-years-later/) - It’s taken me about thirty minutes to work out how to wrap the text on this bloody image. Anyway, can we talk about how Titanic still holds up all these years later? And I say ‘years later’ as a someone who walked out of the cinema as a teenager, tears streaming down her face because
- [Escape From the Commodore 64 Wins Big at Gold Coast Film Festival](https://belindamissen.com/2023/04/25/escape-from-the-commodore-64-wins-big-at-gold-coast-film-festival/) - Escape From the Commodore 64 Wins Big at Gold Coast Film Festival Belinda Missen Belinda Missen Press
- [Spare by Prince Harry](https://belindamissen.com/2023/01/14/spare-by-prince-harry/) - Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Price Harry has released a book. According to the book Neurotribes (Silverman, 2015), royal family trees are often a special interest for autistic folk. That explains why I have a stack of royal biographies in my book collection, documentaries in my AppleTV account, and random tacky Prince Harry

## Pages

- [about](https://belindamissen.com/about/) - Belinda Missen writes contemporary romance that transports readers to sun-drenched Australian coastlines, snow-dusted London streets, and anywhere hearts collide with possibility. While originally slated as part of a trilogy, A Recipe for Disaster and Lessons in Love were released singly. That changes in late 2027 when both books will take their rightful place in the
- [beta reading](https://belindamissen.com/beta-reading/) - What Is a Beta Reader and How Can They Help Improve Your Manuscript? Writing a book is a journey filled with creativity, discipline, and countless hours of hard work. But once the initial draft is finished, the journey isn’t complete; it’s merely evolving. That’s where a beta reader comes in—a crucial partner in the revision
- [books](https://belindamissen.com/books/) - My Loves, You must know how excited I am to be bringing my books back to life. After recently acquiring the rights to everything I’ve published, I’ve gone back to the drawing board. I’ve taken all of your amazing feedback, handed my heart over to my editor, and have busy crafting away behind the scenes. Belinda Missen Belinda Missen books
- [autism, adhd et al.](https://belindamissen.com/autism-adhd-et-al/) - Friends, I wanted to include a short section here about autism and adhd, among other things. After a lifetime of feeling like there was something wrong with me, I finally went and spoke to some mental health professionals. As we pieced together what was happening upstairs, it became clear that I have both autism and
- [contact](https://belindamissen.com/contact/) - Reviews and quick hellos are the oxygen that keeps authors going, so feel free to drop me a line. Tell me what you're reading at the moment. Shoot the breeze about mental health. Whatever you want to talk about, my inbox is open. Prefer to send me a postcard? My address is . . . Belinda Missen
- [merch](https://belindamissen.com/merch/)
- [media kit](https://belindamissen.com/media-kit/)
- [first editions](https://belindamissen.com/first-editions/) - Before I learned the difference between 33RPM and 45RPM (no offence, 78RPM), I was neck deep in books. Early favourites included Enid Blyton’s Bimbo and Topsy, EB White’s Charlotte’s Web, and Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Now that I’m older and part of the book world myself, I adore coming across signed first editions. They’re significant
- [vinyl](https://belindamissen.com/vinyl/) - Come with me, and you’ll be … in a land of Seventies shagpile and Eighties extravagance. You can’t beat the sound of classic audio, and I spin my records on a 1983 Pioneer turntable. I’m always on the hunt for a limited edition, a bargain, or a signed copy. And, because I tend to watch
- [coins](https://belindamissen.com/coins/) - I always love seeing other people’s random collections and the joy they bring. Soon enough, I’ll get to adding my coins to this page. While I skew towards British coins, there’s a good whack of Australiana in there, too.
- [resources](https://belindamissen.com/resources/) - Here's a quick and dirty list of my favourite places online for writing tips, tricks and know-how. plotting How to Create a Flexible Outline for Your Novel: This is one of the first things I do when an idea is white hot. Grab some index cards and scribble out the main points of the story
- [Homepage](https://belindamissen.com/homepage/)
- [HOME](https://belindamissen.com/home/) - Welcome to my small corner of the internet. Filled with books, thoughts, mental health talk and resources for writers, you'll love it here.
- [Join my ARC Team](https://belindamissen.com/join-my-arc-team/) - Want to be among the first to read my next release? Fill in the form below and I’ll be in touch just as soon as I have cover reveal and release dates. I cannot wait to have you here with me. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Name * First Last
- [Category Index](https://belindamissen.com/category-index/) - what jo writes about Jocelyn Cooks blog tour: the legend of valentine by sheldon collins blog tour: the players act 1 by amy sparkes blog tour: this ruined place by michael lawrence Jocelyn Gives Advice blog tour: the legend of valentine by sheldon collins blog tour: the players act 1 by amy sparkes blog tour:
- [Sample Page](https://belindamissen.com/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I'm a bike messenger

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## Categories

- [Press](https://belindamissen.com/category/press/)
- [An Impossible Thing Called Love](https://belindamissen.com/category/an-impossible-thing-called-love/)
- [A Recipe for Disaster](https://belindamissen.com/category/a-recipe-for-disaster/)
- [Accidentally In Love](https://belindamissen.com/category/accidentally-in-love/)
- [One Week Til Christmas](https://belindamissen.com/category/one-week-til-christmas/)
- [Blog Tour](https://belindamissen.com/category/blog-tour/)
- [Lessons In Love](https://belindamissen.com/category/lessons-in-love/)
- [Book Review](https://belindamissen.com/category/book-review/)
- [The Bookshop On The Green](https://belindamissen.com/category/the-bookshop-on-the-green/)
- [Life](https://belindamissen.com/category/life/)
- [Jurassic Park](https://belindamissen.com/category/jurassic-park/)
- [Waiting For A Star To Fall](https://belindamissen.com/category/waiting-for-a-star-to-fall/)