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I’m delighted to welcome Helen Hollick back to the blog to celebrate the release of the latest Captain Jesamiah Acorne adventure. And what breath-robbing story it is! More later… 😉 First accepted for traditional publication in 1993, Helen became a USA Today Bestseller with her historical novel, The Forever Queen (titled A Hollow […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 17th, 2022 | Tags: advice, Characters, Heroes, historical fiction, series, series writing, writing advice, Writing skills | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Review, Writing life, Writing skills | 4 comments I’m delighted to welcome historical fiction writer Anna Belfrage to the writing blog. Had Anna been allowed to choose, she’d have become a time-traveller. As this was impossible, she became a financial professional with three absorbing interests: history, romance and writing. Anna always writes about love and is the author of the acclaimed time travelling […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!October 27th, 2022 | Tags: foreign language, historical fiction, language, Medieval history, setting, Writing skills | Category: Authors, Genres, Guests, Research, Review, Writing skills | 9 comments 
Evie Hawtrey – woman of mystery – describes herself as a Yank by birth but a sister-in-spirit to her fierce and feminist London detective, DI Nigella Parker. Evie splits her time between Washington DC, where she lives with her husband, and York, UK, where she enjoys living in history, lingering over teas, and knocking around […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!August 11th, 2022 | Tags: crime fiction, heroines, historical fiction, Research, thriller, writers abroad, Writing skills | Category: Authors, Genres, Guests, Research, Setting | One comment - (Comments are closed) Continuing the writers abroad series, this week it features Vanessa Couchman whom I met at a literary festival here in France. Vanessa writes historical novels and short stories set in France or on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Quirky true stories often find their way into her fiction, and she likes nothing more than pottering […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!April 29th, 2021 | Tags: Books, Characters, France, heroines, historical, historical fiction, writers abroad, Writing skills | Category: Authors, France, Guests, Insights, Writing life | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Hahaha! Actually, it will be finishing this challenge. 😉 Writing (nearly) daily posts interspersed with posts from some fabulous guests has really exercised my writing muscles. Writing short, hopefully sharp, pieces to a timetable means you gain focus and commitment. Long-form writing like novels can lead to a certain complacency so these blog posts have […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!October 24th, 2020 | Tags: Blogging, Hard graft, short form, Writing skills | Category: Authors, Blogging, Insights, Writing challenge, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed |
   
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