Thanks to the lovely people at Michael Joseph, we have three copies of Catherine Alliott’s new book, My Husband Next Door to give away.

To enter:
Comment on this post with your name, town and also, just for fun, tell us about the one thing that gets on your nerves the most. The winners will be picked at random after the closing date which will be at 23.59 on Wednesday 7th August 2013. The three winners will be announced on the Novel Kicks blog on Thursday 8th August 2013.
(UK and Ireland residents only. The winners will be notified via e-mail. Once we’ve received your contact details, we will then pass it on to Catherine’s publisher, Michael Joseph, who will be sending out your prize. Allow ample time for delivery.)




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I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.
Zarina – London
Everyone gets on my nerves during my commute to and from work! People blocking the ticket barriers by fumbling for their Oyster in their bag and not moving out of the way, others leaning against the poles in the tubes preventing fellow commuters from being able to grab onto it, people with huge backpacks/shoulder bags not taking them off, others to not move out of the way for the doors, I’m getting annoyed just thinking about it all…
I have 2 hygiene things that annoy me most, sniffing….use a tissue and then dispose of it. Then, people who use public toilets and just leave without washing hands…..yuk.
ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT IT, LOTS OF THINGS ANNOY ME….COULD GO ON FOREVER…LOL
Debbie from Worthing
The thing that annoys me most is people parking over my driveway so I cant get out
Kat – Glasgow
The thing that annoys me most is people who try to get on the bus before you’ve got off, I mean come on people! The Elderly are worse for it.
I’m Mel from Lowestoft.
My biggest annoyance is my teenage son’s washing, he amasses a mountain in his bedroom before bringing it down to be washed, then moans at me cause I don’t do his washing!!!!!
Rosie – Crawley
Annoy’s me most! Are you ready for this? I drop my hubby off at the train station every morning. The drop off area is very poorly designed. So… every morning there is at least 1 inconsiderate driver holding everyone up. When the passenger gets out, they should wave, mouth I am sorry- we are all in this together- but sometimes… some people have obviously got out of the wrong side of the bed and are quite unnecessarily rude!
Amanda – Cardiff
The thing that really gets on my nerves is when people park over 2 spaces in the car park!