Christine Hammacott

ALLi Author Member

Location: United Kingdom (the)

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Writing & Publishing

Skills: Self-publishing Workshop/Training

Christine Hammacott writes psychological suspense. Strong characterisation is at the heart of her writing and this genre gives her the opportunity to explore how ordinary people cope when they are thrown into extraordinary situations, when crime infringes on someone’s life and where, through no fault of their own, a character is forced to confront situations they have no idea how to deal with.

In her day job she is a graphic designer and runs her own design consultancy, The Art of Communication, working with companies on branding, websites and promotional materials. Christine has worked in publishing as a cover and book designer and having gone down the self-publishing route herself, now helps other authors through the process of getting their books to market with stunning cover designs, marketing materials and websites.

Christine Hammacott's books

The Taste of Ash

A Psychological Crime Suspense

What is it like to be a victim? How do you move on from losing everything? How do you cope when someone is watching your every move and you have no idea who it is - or what they are going to do next?

When Zoë Graham’s flat burns down in an arson attack she loses everything. But the man in the flat downstairs comes off much worse and a murder investigation is launched. Who started the fire and why? And who was the intended victim? Soon Zoë has reason to wonder if it was her.

Feeling like a refugee, all she wants is to get back to some sort of normality and move on with her life - but someone is determined that isn’t going to happen. An unknown stalker sends Zoë’s life spiraling out of control and she doesn’t know which way to turn, or who she can trust.

Writers Diary 2020

The ideal writer's gift whether for someone else or for yourself!
Back again for 2020 is the diary for creative writers. This beautiful colour diary is unlike anything else. Both diary and workbook it has been especially designed to get writers inspired and writing regularly, whatever their experience — and it's full colour throughout.

At 180mm x 255mm it's more tactile than A4 but big enough to actually use as a creative writing workbook. Writing can be a lonely business and researching relevant subjects to write about time-consuming and sometimes daunting. Created by writers for writers, the aim of this writing yearbook was to produce a tool that is both useful on a practical level and inspirational for writers at all stages of their writing experience, with informative articles, alerts of special dates to write about and fun writing prompts each week.

There is a saying in business, ‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.’ So at the beginning and end of each month there are pages to jot down monthly writing goals and achievements. Looking back diary users will be surprised, over the course of the year, to see just how much they've produced and can be proud of.

Inside :
• Yearly calendar
• Monthly calendars
• Week to view diary
• Spaces for To do lists, Ideas and Notes
• Weekly writing exercises (these are new exercises for 2020)
• A planning/goal page per month
• An achievement page per month
• Introductory articles on writing techniques


White paper can be intimidating so this book is intentionally loaded with colour to make you treat it differently.
Size: 180mm x 255mm
Full colour throughout
Gloss cover
Uncoated paper inside to write on

The Writer's Diary 2021

2021 FULL COLOUR DIARY ESPECIALLY FOR WRITERS.

Back again for 2021 is the diary for creative writers. This beautiful colour diary is unlike anything else. Both diary and workbook it has been especially designed to get writers inspired and writing regularly, whatever their experience — and it's full colour throughout.

At 180mm x 255mm it's more tactile than A4 but big enough to actually use as a creative writing workbook. Writing can be a lonely business and researching relevant subjects to write about time-consuming and sometimes daunting. Created by writers for writers, the aim of this writing yearbook was to produce a tool that is both useful on a practical level and inspirational for writers at all stages of their writing experience, with informative articles, alerts of special dates to write about and fun writing prompts each week.

There is a saying in business, ‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.’ So at the beginning and end of each month there are pages to jot down monthly writing goals and achievements. Looking back diary users will be surprised, over the course of the year, to see just how much they've produced and can be proud of.

Inside :
⦿ Yearly calendar
⦿ Monthly calendars
⦿ Week to view diary
⦿ Spaces for To do lists, Ideas and Notes
⦿ Weekly writing exercises (these are new exercises for 2021)
⦿ A planning/goal page per month
⦿ An achievement page per month
⦿ Introductory articles on writing techniques

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