Unknown 02.00 Add Comment writing tips Edit Writing Tips #3 - Some Basics Welcome to the third post in our new feature of writing tips. These posts will now have a regular Tuesday slot on the blog, so if you're... Read More
Unknown 01.48 Add Comment critique partners, writing buddies, writing tips Edit Writing Tips #2 - Writing Buddies The best writing tip I can give anyone is to find themselves a writing buddy/critique partner - it's been invaluable to me and I honestl... Read More
Unknown 02.53 Add Comment 17th century Japan, Adventure, ronin, The Gilded Fan, The Jade Lioness Edit The Jade Lioness There are some secondary characters who just cry out for a book of their own and Temperance Marston ( the cousin of Midori, heroine of The ... Read More
Unknown 10.49 Add Comment Creative Writing, writing tips Edit Writing Tips #1 - Point of View Here is the first in our series of writing tips, by Fenella J Miller. Authors often find managing point of view the most difficult thing whe... Read More
Unknown 09.37 Add Comment #amandagrange, #jane austen, #mrdarcy, #mrdarcysdiary, #prideandprejudice, #travelTuesday Edit Mr Darcy's Diary goes to Brazil! One of the things I love most about writing is seeing the way my books spread around the world. They don't all go into translation. Some... Read More
Unknown 01.18 Add Comment Edit Georgette Heyer and the Battle of Waterloo I’ve been thinking a lot about Georgette Heyer recently as I was lucky enough to attend the unveiling of her Blue Plaque at the start of the... Read More
Unknown 00.00 Add Comment Box Sets, Dreaming of Waterloo, Europe, It Started at Waterloo, medicine, military, surgery, Waterloo Edit Two for Waterloo! Waterloo is a big deal in British history. European history, really. It marks an end and a beginning, and changed the way Europe looked for... Read More
Unknown 00.57 Add Comment Edit The benefits of a box-set. Box sets became popular a couple of years ago and are now produced by most writers. I thought you might be interested in why so many writer... Read More
Unknown 00.09 Add Comment blue plaque., Elizabeth Hawksley, English Heritage, Georgette Heyer, Stephen Fry Edit Georgette Heyer's birthplace gets a blue plaque On Friday afternoon, I found myself standing outside a late 19 th century semi-detached house: 103 Woodside, Wimbledon, together with a sma... Read More