Goodness, I posted my last blog back in May! I honestly hadn’t intended leaving it quite so long before writing another one but I have been somewhat distracted of late… And that distraction has not been because I’ve been tied to my desk writing the next Meonbridge Chronicle – although I AM indeed writing it, and …
“To terrify and teach…”
Recently, I read a book that I was surprised I hadn’t read before, as it was absolutely my kind of book: A Month in the Country, by J L Carr. The central story concerns a young man, Tom Birkin, who, in the aftermath of the First World War – from which he has returned damaged, mentally …
How did you become a writer? (Part 2)
For those of you who’ve read one or more of my books but knows little about me as a writer, I thought I’d share some selected questions and answers from some of the online “interviews” I’ve taken part in over the years. For last month’s blog, I chose questions related to how I started out …
How did you become a writer? (Part 1)
Since I’ve been a published author, I’ve been invited from time to time to take part in “Q&A” interviews, which are posted on the website or blogspot of another author or a blogger. Sometimes these are published to support a blog tour for the launch of a new book, sometimes, the invitations come out of …
“Meonbridge” and the River Meon…
In the early days of my publishing career, I used this picture of the river as part of my promotional “branding”. I still occasionally use it, for it’s a picture that I love: © Carolyn Hughes This is a view of the river, very close to where I live. It’s not a grand river, for it …
