Hannah Claire

I’ve always turned to books for comfort. It’s not just the stories themselves, but the opportunity to escape for a while, to put down the never-ending list of things that need doing, and settle down to escape into another world. When life feels messy, stressful, worrying, overwhelming, or just plain hard, there’s a reassurance in knowing that, within the pages, things will unfold and there might be a satisfying resolution. Loose ends will be tied up in a way that…

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I’ve been building towards this for a long time and I’m so excited to finally share the cover for The Book Lover’s Bucket List with you. It feels like a huge moment; for so long, I’ve seen “proper” authors doing cover reveals, while I’ve been busy writing my book. It’s been words on a screen, snippets of scenes and snatches of dialogue that only existed in my head. Seeing the cover for the first time – a book with my…

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I’ve been thinking about my first blog post for weeks. Not writing it. Just thinking about it. I’ve made lists of things I could write about. I’ve researched titles, taglines, images, and structures. I’ve scribbled sentences in notebooks, crossed them out, tried again, and scribbled them out, too. Because I want it to be perfect. No mistakes. The perfect introduction to my new blog, to my self-publishing journey, and to me. Because if it’s perfect, maybe I’ll earn the title…

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