Guests | Alison Morton Author

Balancing romance, social commentary and historical fiction

I’m delighted to welcome Clare Flynn back to the blog. She’s the author of eighteen historical novels and is about halfway through her nineteenth. published by Storm, Canelo and herself, her books have now been translated into three languages.

She lives on the south coast of England, in Sussex, where she can watch the […]

Disappearing medieval women and fate – Janet Reedman

I’m delighted to welcome JP (Janet) Reedman to my blog today. JP is is one of my fellow authors selected to write for a new collection of short stories ‘FATE’, commissioned by the Taw River Press.

Janet was born in Canada but has lived in the UK for over 30 years. […]

Rory Marsden – Heraldry explained

Today I’m welcoming Rory Marsden to the writing blog. Writing as R Marsden, he’s a fellow contributor to Fate, a collection of short stories to be published by Taw River Press next month. Rory is an author and musician and passionate about the Middle Ages. He plays the gittern, a beautiful medieval stringed instrument, ancestor […]

Lorna Fergusson – Tapping into Sensory Memory in France

Absolutely delighted to have Lorna Fergusson back on the blog after a 10 year absence! Apart from being a skilled and evocative writer, she’s a writing coach, editor and speaker. Her work includes The Chase and An Oxford Vengeance.

She runs Fictionfire Literary Consultancy and has taught on various Oxford University writing programmes since […]

Helen Hollick on Romans, Devon and the supernatural

Delighted to welcome Helen back to the blog today to talk about a very different aspect of the past – the supernatural. She and her daughter Kathy have written a fascinating book about on that very subject. More below!

Known for her captivating storytelling and rich attention to historical detail, Helen might not see ghosts […]