I am taking a break from blogging until 8 January to rest and restore. Wishing you a very happy and healthy holiday season, and many blessings for 2020. #0.99 E-Book Offer To thank you for all your support, I have a 0.99 E-Book offer on my self help and travel memoir “Watching the Daisies-Life Lessons on the Importance of Slow” […]
“Watching the Daisies” has a bestseller tag on Amazon US! It is holding the #1 spot on Kindle for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Doing a little happy dance… Thank you to everyone who has supported me in reaching this very precious moment in time. Brigid P. Gallagher is a retired natural medicines therapist, passionate organic gardener and author of “Watching the Daisies- Life […]
I celebrated three years as an indie author on 14 November. However, my writing journey began more than 30 years ago… New Age Teacher The first natural medicines workshop I attended was an introduction to reflexology and massage in 1986. I knew from that day on that I wanted to become a natural medicines therapist. After a lot of travelling to courses […]
I am thrilled to have my memoir “Watching the Daisies” included in Patricia Furstenberg’s post “25 Books for Christmas.” Find gift ideas for book lovers or feed your kindle this Christmas with engaging reads from our list: romance, historical fiction, children’s books, young adult, Sci-Fi, crime, contemporary, poetry, short or humorous reads in paperback or e-Books, the last-minute stocking fillers. […]
The day your first book is published is incredibly exciting. However, you now have to market and sell it… This post is based on my own steep learning curve. The majority of these tips are FREE. Begin with an E-Book Consider having e-book format only for a few months. This will allow you to gather reviews which you can include […]
On 7 January, my memoir “Watching the Daisies” was featured on Jessie Cahalin’s blog “Books in my Handbag”, in a “Golden Chapters” post by author Jena C. Henry, who blogs at http://www.jenabooks.com It was a wonderful start to my New Year. Thank you Jessie and Jena. You can read this post via the link below: J ‘If you enjoyed “Eat, […]
2018 ended on a terrific high for me, as my memoir “Watching the Daisies” spent a total of 16 days through the end of November and into December, at #1 on Amazon US under Inspirational Irish Memoirs. In 2019, it has already spent 10 days at #1 on Amazon US and 8 on Amazon UK! I am absolutely thrilled. 50 Amazon […]
Many thanks to everyone who entered last week’s giveaway. Your answers were all very interesting. The Healing Power of Gardening My new writing project is a book called “The Healing Power of Gardening.” It is in the early stages of gestation at the moment, but I hope to complete it more quickly than my memoir! I shall keep you posted […]
I procrastinated at length, over running my first BookBub ad campaign, largely due to my fear of both technology and change. However, I am glad I put my fears aside, as I have been pleasantly surprised by the results . Getting Started BookBub offer a number of helpful posts to get you started. Check out the following page: https://insights.bookbub.com/category/bookbub-ads/ They […]
This week, I am delighted to be a guest on Hugh’s blog – Hugh’s Views and News, and his 49 Days in 1988 series. My music choice on his “music time machine” is “When the Sun Goes Down,” by my all time favourite band Thin Lizzy. Please call round and say “Hello.” All aboard the music time machine. Continuing the […]
