Writing Challenge Day 18: Characters' pet peeves

Alison, peeved

Ha! We all have pet peeves and I’m pretty sure we pass these on in our writing however carefully we try to view the world from each individual character’s point of view. Our own values, thoughts and emotional responses will seep through, so I must admit that mine probably do, although […]

September 20th, 2020 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: AURELIA, Books, CARINA, Characters, Excerpts, Insights, INSURRECTIO, Roma Nova, SUCCESSIO, Writing challenge, Writing skills | Leave a comment

Writing Challenge Days 16 and 17: Favourite outfits

Haha! I’m not a follower of fashion and tend to wear clothes for comfort such as jeans and top so instead of showing you my favourite outfit (Day16) and my character’s (Day 17) I’m combining them.

Egged on (albeit genteely) by fellow authors going to the 2019 Eboracum Roman Festival, I decided to try to […]

September 14th, 2020 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Characters, Personal, Roma Nova, Women warriors, Writing challenge | Leave a comment

Liz St. John: Meet the ancestors - The Lydiard Chronicles

I’m delighted to welcome to my blog historical fiction writer Elizabeth St.John who spends her time between California, England, and the past. To inform her writing, she’s tracked down family papers and residences from Nottingham Castle to Lydiard Park, and Castle Fonmon to the Tower of London.

Although the family has sold a few […]

September 10th, 2020 | Tags: , , , | Category: Authors, Characters, Guests, Research, Women's history | Leave a comment

Writing Challenge Day 8: What's your writing process?

(Photo: Uschi Hering)

*Falls over laughing*

Right I’m going to try to take this seriously (Puts on stern face)

My first characters had been running around in my head for years before I tapped the keyboard so they were fully formed when I started to write the Roma Nova stories. Of course, I’ve […]

August 25th, 2020 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Authors, Writing challenge, Writing life, Writing skills | Leave a comment

Writing Challenge Day 5: What inspired the book I'm working on

That’s an easy one – the readers!

No, really! I wrote The Girl from the Market after a suggestion in the Roma Nova Enthusiasts’ Group. Legend had it (in the earlier Roma Nova novels) that in AD 370 Julia Bacausa was a tough and fiery woman and Apulius a strong Roman of the traditional […]

August 21st, 2020 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Books, Characters, New book, Readers, Roma Nova, Short stories, Writing challenge | Leave a comment
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