Sweets and chocolate bars must be as evocative of past times as smells or music. One of the first errands I ever ran was when my granny sent me for a bar of ‘Caddy Pep’(Cadbury’s Peppermint Cream) and my vocabulary was given an early boost by all those long words experienced by Fry’s Five Boys. … Continue reading Fry’s Chocolate Dream
Meeting Debbie Young was one of those happy online occurrences that led to a real-world get-together where we talked non-stop for a good hour. (Who said writers were quiet types?) But even then I didn’t realise what a fascinating journalistic career career Debbie has had up to now. Now she is pursing her dream of fiction-writing, … Continue reading Non-fiction as the novelist’s apprenticeship
In my recent tweet-up with Debbie Young (of Off the Shelf promotions fame and appearing appearing here soon) we started talking about how our ideas of writing success have changed as time has gone on. (Yes, I’ve covered this before too, but it’s the season for revisiting past themes!) Or maybe it’s not success per se … Continue reading Call yourself a writer? Yes, actually
Well before the tennis action got under way last Sunday, I was over in Clifton learning about Bristol Suffragettes from local author Lucienne Boyce whose book from local publishers Silverwood has just come out. Assuming like many people that the suffragette movement was London-based, I was fascinated to learn on our walk around leafy Clifton how … Continue reading Bristol Suffragettes – historical walk, historic day
Many years ago I heard a talk by an author (whose name I have sadly forgotten!) who spent years researching every novel to the extent that to get one book right she actually trained as a pilot. While this struck me as very worthy, I felt (and hoped) there must be an easier way to write … Continue reading Historical hysterical
Ali Bacon, Author 