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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...
…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...
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...
A Dangerous Heart. Yes, what else?
It's impossible to describe the feeling when you see for the first time your name on the cover of a published book. It's a FANTASTIC moment! I wish such a moment on everyone...
Advice, please!
This is a plea for advice about vocabulary to use when writing novels set in the past. In the last few weeks, I've been pulled up three times about words I've used in my current...
The Ox Lunch
It's early days in the life of this blog, and in a way I'm still introducing myself. In my first blog, in which I linked to three posts I'd written before, I introduced me, the...
At the presentation of the 2012 RoNA Awards
As the title of my blog suggests, I'm going to be writing about my world, or, to put it another way, I shall be jotting down bits & pieces about my life - and about writing...
Welcome to my world
It's time that I started a blog, I thought, and so that's just what I've done. Having made the decision to begin blogging, I had to decide what to say on this my first blog. But...
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