Beyond the Book is series of articles I began publishing monthly in August 2024 to subscribers. I’m republishing the first issue here today. To receive future issues as they appear and a bonus chapter, sign up here. An elusive heroine I think most writers would agree we don’t usually choose our characters, they choose us! … Continue reading Frances Sitwell: An Elusive Heroine #BeyondTheBook
October and November are turning out to be very busy months, first of all with preparations for the Clevedon Celebration of the Book, and soon after that, the launch of Skeins, a Linen Press short story anthology which is out now. I’ve been posting madly about everything Just Write Bristol are up to at Clevedon, … Continue reading Not one but two book launches in November! #QuiteWeird @clevedonlitfest #Skeins #Bristol @LinenPressBooks
There’s nothing guaranteed to get an author worked up as a chat about book covers. We all have quite fixed ideas of how our book should look but sometimes a publisher thinks differently and we bow to their knowledge of the market. They usually do know best! As a reader too, I’m increasingly aware of … Continue reading Two similar covers, two very different books. The power (or pestilence) of genre.
It’s been quite a few years since I started writing The Absent Heart (and two years since I visited RLS’s former home!) and the vast proportion of the hours I’ve spent with it have been in rewriting, but then as Robert Graves said, ‘There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting’, an … Continue reading Small changes, big difference. Editing and loving it! #histfic @linenpressbooks
I’m thrilled to announce that my latest historical novel, The Absent Heart, the story of Frances Sitwell, enigmatic muse to Victorian Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson will be published early in 2025 by Linen Press. Followers will know this book has been a while in the writing and rewriting and I’m delighted it has found … Continue reading NEWS! ‘The Absent Heart’ to be published by Linen Press.
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