Well I never!

Last Friday evening, I went to a highly informative talk organised by The Friends of Watlington Library. The speaker was Anthony Forbes-Watson, Chief Executive and Managing Director of Pan-Macmillan. His subject was The World of Publishing In his talk, Anthony...

The Write Words

A side effect of setting A Bargain Struck in Wyoming Territory, 1887, is that it’s made me more aware of the language we use today. Obviously, when writing novels set in the past, the historical facts have to be established, such as: Would a second generation...

…by your readers you’ll be taught.

In my blog last Wednesday, I asked readers what sort of things they like to hear when they go to a talk given by an author. Two things stand out very clearly – both readers and writers are interested in the source of a writer’s inspiration, and in the...

Dear Readers, what do you want …

… to be told when you go to a talk given by an author? I can hear you!! And I agree – this sounds a fairly silly question. But let me explain why I’m asking. Last week, I went to an extremely interesting talk held in Abingdon Library. It had been...