Today’s cracking guest post comes from Antoine Vanner – a regular guest here. His own adventurous life, his knowledge of human nature, his passion for nineteenth-century history and his understanding of what was the cutting-edge technology of that time, make him the ideal chronicler of the life of Nicholas Dawlish R.N.in eight volumes so far. […]
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December 12th, 2019 | Tags: Augustus, Bismarck, Denmark, Heroes, historical, Roman Empire, Rome | Category: Books, Guests, Research, Romans | Leave a comment Can music inspire a story? It seems so! I’m taking part in the December StorySong short story fest organised by Discovering Diamonds Reviews’ organiser Helen Hollick. Each day, there’s a new story and a chance to guess the song/music that inspired it. There have been some crackers so far! Mine comes on 17 December, the […] December 8th, 2019 | Tags: Books, Characters, Discovering Diamonds Reviews, historical, historical fiction, short story, StorySong | Category: Authors, Books, Other people's websites/blogs, Promotion, Short stories | Leave a comment No, not Julio-Claudians or other Romans, but that powerful and intermarried ruling family, the Tudors and their connections. This Thursday’s guest is Tony Riches, a full-time UK author of best-selling historical fiction. He lives in Pembrokeshire, West Wales and is a specialist in the history of the Wars of the Roses and the lives […] October 3rd, 2019 | Tags: Books, Characters, historical, historical fiction, Tudors | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Women's history | Leave a comment Jennifer in Stirling Castle This week’s guest is Jennifer C. Wilson, a marine biologist by training, who has developed an equal passion for history and historical fiction whilst stalking Mary, Queen of Scots on childhood holidays. (She has since moved on to Richard III.) Enrolling on an adult education workshop on her return […] May 9th, 2019 | Tags: advice, castles, historical, location, setting | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Research, Travel, Writing life, Writing skills | 2 comments Today’s guest is Susan Grossey, the inventor of Constable Sam Plank, one of my favourite law enforcers. “I have been in love with words ever since I realised, at age three, that those squiggles on the page actually meant something,” she says. Susan edited the school newspaper and managed to do lots more reading and […] February 28th, 2019 | Tags: historical, historical research, law enforcers, mystery, underwear | Category: Authors, Books, Characters, Guests, Research, Women warriors | 3 comments |
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