Super exciting news! I’ve been chosen to be a panellist at the prestigious CrimeFest in May! I’ll be on ‘The Indie Alternative’ at 9.30 Sunday 20 May with fellow Alliance of Independent Authors writing friend Debbie Young, and authors Ian Andrew and Karen Millie James, with Zoë Sharp in the chair. Do have a […]
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March 1st, 2018 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, conferences, crime fiction, CrimeFest, indie publishing, self-publishing | Category: ALLi, Authors, Events, Getting published, Other people's websites/blogs, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed Last Thursday, I was delighted to be internet-based ExpatRadio‘s special guest on ‘The Scribblers’ spot. They let me witter on (in between music) for an hour. No, it was more of a conversation with Mike Madden, Wendy H Jones and Eilidh McGinness. I’ve met Wendy several times before – we both spoke a the last […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 27th, 2018 | Tags: alternative history, Books, Characters, Getting published, heroines, indie publishing, interview, radio interview, Roma Nova, Rome, self-publishing, SilverWood Books, thriller | Category: Authors, CARINA, France, Getting published, In the press, INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, Roma Nova, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed Speaking at conferences is one thing – you know what your defined role is, whether giving a talk, being a panel member or running a workshop. You are on the inside track, you prepare materials, you mix with attendees, carrying on discussions from your talks. You are giving back. Attending a conference as a delegate […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 5th, 2018 | Tags: conference behaviour, conferences, Historical Novel Society, networking, RNA, writer education | Category: Authors, Events, Useful stuff, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed When we say ‘creative writing’ what do we mean? Poetry, a story, a play? Perhaps you are moved to write a short story or a piece of flash fiction. Or go for a full-length novel or its little sister, the novella. Let’s unpick some of these… Plays and poetry are well recognised as such […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 21st, 2017 | Tags: alternative history, Books, CARINA, creative writing, Inceptio, PERFIDITAS | Category: Authors, Books, Writing skills | Comments are closed 
My guest today is Antoine Vanner is author of the Dawlish Chronicles, naval fiction set in the 1870s and 1880s. His latest novel, Britannia’s Gamble, was published last month (October 2017). Royal Navy officer Nicholas Dawlish is a fascinating character, very much in the mould of Hornblower, something that attracted me to Antoine’s novels. The […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 2nd, 2017 | Tags: historical, historical fiction, historical realism, historical research, naval fiction | Category: Authors, Genres, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs, Research, Useful stuff, Writing skills | 12 comments - (Comments are closed) |
   
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