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 …
Tag: Historical fiction
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 …
The problem with historical fiction…
[This post was originally written for The History Girls blog site.] WHAT “problem”, you might well ask… When I first embarked on writing historical fiction several years ago, I edged my way nervously into a genre that I felt instinctively I loved but was also terrified of making a complete hash of. In 2015, a …
Ancient or modern? Language in historical fiction
This post was first published on the History Girls back in December 2018. It is actually a combination of posts that I first wrote back in 2016, when I was starting out on my journey both as a blogger and as a published author. The topic I discuss here, the use of language in historical fiction, …
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The positive side of “bad” reviews
I have received some splendid reviews of Fortune’s Wheel and A Woman’s Lot, and of course I’m always thrilled when people say complimentary things about my writing. This is particularly the case when they mention how authentic the world of Meonbridge seemed, or how invested they felt in the characters. “It’s a great tribute to …
