What’s the likelihood?
Last Saturday is a long time ago for a blogger - except for me, that is, who hasn’t blogged in yonks. But it was last Saturday that I was reading an excellent piece in the Telegraph by John Lanchester...
View ArticleHistorical hysterical
Many years ago I heard a talk by an author (whose name I have sadly forgotten!) who spent years researching every novel to the extent that to get one book right she actually trained as a pilot. While...
View ArticleBristol Suffragettes – historical walk, historic day
Well before the tennis action got under way last Sunday, I was over in Clifton learning about Bristol Suffragettes from local author Lucienne Boyce whose book from local publishers Silverwood has just...
View ArticleCall yourself a writer? Yes, actually
In my recent tweet-up with Debbie Young (of Off the Shelf promotions fame and appearing appearing here soon) we started talking about how our ideas of writing success have changed as time has gone on....
View ArticleNon-fiction as the novelist’s apprenticeship
Meeting Debbie Young was one of those happy online occurrences that led to a real-world get-together where we talked non-stop for a good hour. (Who said writers were quiet types?) But even then I...
View ArticleFry’s Chocolate Dream
Sweets and chocolate bars must be as evocative of past times as smells or music. One of the first errands I ever ran was when my granny sent me for a bar of ‘Caddy Pep’(Cadbury’s Peppermint Cream) and...
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