by Liz | May 16, 2012 | Writing
For some time now, twitter and Facebook have been buzzing with talk about the RNA party that’s taking place tomorrow at The Royal Overseas League, in London – who’s going, what to wear, shoes, and so on. Clearly, therefore, tomorrow is a big...
by Liz | May 9, 2012 | Writing
Ask any romantic fiction author for the name of the fictional man they’d most like to invite to an intimate dinner for two, and I bet the majority would say Mr. Darcy. That, too, would be my knee-jerk response – if I were thinking of Mr. Darcy in the films...
by Liz | May 2, 2012 | Writing
Spoiler alert!! If you’re going to see Filumena at the Almeida, don’t read the following! Those who follow me on twitter will know that I went to see Filumena last Saturday. This was a light, entertaining play by Eduardo De Filippo. In Naples, 1940s,...
by Liz | Apr 25, 2012 | Writing
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...
by Liz | Apr 18, 2012 | Writing
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 Liz | Apr 11, 2012 | Writing
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...
