Tag Archives: Writing

Author interview – Mercedes Rochelle

Posted on April 30, 2020 by

Mercedes Rochelle has just published The King’s Retribution, the second book, of her series set in the England of Richard II and I’m delighted to host the penultimate spot on her book’s blog tour. If you read A KING UNDER … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Tour, Historical Fiction, History, Medieval History, New release, Plantagenets, The Writing Process, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Game of Thrones – A Review

Posted on May 21, 2019 by

N.B. Major – and I mean major! – Spoiler Alert!! Now that the dust and ash has settled – and there was a hell of a lot of ash to settle! – I feel I should put down a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, The Writing Process | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Where the History Podcasts meet the Historical Fiction…

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

Since I started producing my series of Wars of the Roses podcasts,  quite a number of people have asked me how my historical fiction stories dovetail in with the non-fiction podcasts – or not! Until now I haven’t really thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, History, Plantagenets, Wars of the Roses, Writing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Storming the conventions of historical fiction

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

I came late to writing historical fiction – in fact late to writing altogether. History was what I knew best but there were a number of conventions associated with historical fiction that I did not like very much. The idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, History, Medieval History, The Writing Process, Wars of the Roses, Writing | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

A Funny Thing Happened at Foyles – I Came Out!

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

I’ve been busy of late, polishing up the first draft of The Last Shroud ready for the editor, doing some last minute research and also engaging in a fair bit of walking in Dorset and Yorkshire. Still, amongst all those … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Indie authors, Self-publishing, The Writing Process, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

The Art of Killing Off Characters

Posted on May 1, 2014 by

This month’s post just had to encompass Kingdom of Rebels, my current work in progress, simply because I’ve been concentrating on little else at the moment. It is a little scary though doing a post about work which is getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, The Writing Process, Writing | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

At My Writing Desk – Where All Hell Breaks Loose

Posted on February 7, 2014 by

This month’s post was prompted by a question posed by the inimitable Simon Turney along the lines of: “What is on your writing desk at the moment?” So I had a look and what I found made me think. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Writing | Tagged , | Leave a comment