Archive for Januari 2016

The Waltz -- what was it really?

Waltzing is a thorny subject in historical romance, because it's often not what people think it was. I was startled in the new BBC War a...

Jane Austen is known for her caustic and irreverent wit. I thought it might be fun to highlight some of her most famous statements by framin...

Tyntesfield After a rather wet and very windy week in Devon for New Year, as we were driving back home, I was very tempted by a brief stop...

I decided to write a story about Mars, god of war, set in 18th century Britain. Then I decided to add a Jane Eyre vibe, and make the heroine...

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DRAGONSHEART This month’s blog is going to be a shameless piece of advertising for my new book 'Dragonsheart' out this month. I orig...

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I've always planned my writing schedule well in advance of the New Year – and 2016 is no exception. If I know what I want to accomplish ...

Amongst the castles, gardens and other historic sites that make up the tourist attractions of Great Britain there lie other quirky and eccen...

Recently, I visited the 1822 Herb Garret of St Thomas’s Hospital near London Bridge, founded in 1552 after the Reformation by King Henry VI...

How many of us have started the new year with resolutions, to eat better, exercise more, write that book? Well, for those of you who have a ...