As in previous years, reading books has given me enormous pleasure. Let’s be honest, I’ve been a voracious reader since I was five. This year, I published a new historical novel, EXSILIUM, the sequel to JULIA PRIMA in the late 4th century plus spent a lot of the year participating in events and drafting […]
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Celebrating any anniversary is an excuse for joy, bubbly and dancing. Celebrating a special anniversary for a book warms the heart of the author to sun-like temperature. I experienced this for INCEPTIO’s 10th in March 2023 and published a special edition hardback.
So imagine how Helen Hollick is feeling celebrating the 25th silver anniversary […]
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When I started this scribbling business in 2009, I sat down one morning in front of my computer and typed for ninety days.
As a professional translator, I knew I would have to edit anything I produced. I joined a writer’s group and survived the terror of reading my offering aloud for the first time […]
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Deborah Swift to the blog as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club tour. She’s a USA TODAY bestselling author of twenty books who is passionate about the past. Before becoming a writer, Deborah was a costume designer for the BBC. Now she lives in a former English school house […]
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Bit of a tricky one, this.
Whatever genre you write, something of you, the author, creeps into your work. Perhaps it’s shades of your opinion, your wishes or even your frustrations. Perhaps you are writing a story that you wish you were living in a far, far away place and […]
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