Interview with Alex Beecroft and review

At least, I’ve been interviewed by the inestimable Emma Collingwood, author of ‘Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)’ over on her blog:

(Click on the picture to get to Emma’s blog)
As a person of obvious taste, Emma says :
INTERVIEW WITH ALEX BEECROFT
I’ve had the great pleasure to talk with Alex Beecroft about her work, her plans, fanfiction and [...]

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Non-British Characterisation

I’m interested in views from the UK and from elsewhere about this.
In Standish I have several characters of different nationalities, Irish, French, Italian and I hope that I wrote them believably and not over-the-top stereotypes. Fleury is definitely a stereotype, but it’s something he cultivates deliberately, attempting to win people over with his “roguish brogue [...]

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Steam Fairs

It’s summer (or so they say) and vintage car and steam rallies are going on all over the place.
I’m not sure why, but I have always had a fascination with steam. I don’t
go to as many steam rallies now as I used to, but I always used to go
to one of the biggest, at Bishops [...]

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Lyn’s intro

Hi folks.  I thought it was about time I introduced myself. 
I’m Lyn and I write as ‘Hywela Lyn’.  I write mainly romantic Science Fantasy and am anxiously awaiting the release for my first novel ‘Starquest’ to be published by The Wild Rose Press, first electronically and then in paperback a few months later.  Although it [...]

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My writing patch - The Norfolk Broads

I live on the Norfolk Broads. It’s a system of linked waterways in the west of Norfolk with nearly 200 miles of navigable routes. For many years they were considered to be a natural system until it was discovered that they were excavated by the Romans as they exploited the peat beds for fuel, [...]

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Blossoms and Bygones: A Little-England Pic-spam

Blossoms and Bygones: A Little-England Pic-spam

When I moved to Ely in Cambridgeshire it felt as if I’d also moved twenty years back in time. There were no McDonalds. None of the pizza shops delivered. There was even a tiny petrol garage where you had to wait for someone to come out and operate the [...]

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