It may be apparent, from all the little snippets of wild and wacky information I’m coming across, that I’m doing research at the moment. Previously I’ve tended to think “nobody could be interested in this stuff. Just put the book down and walk away.” But this time around, I thought it might be fun to…
I hope not all authors are like this, but I have the sneaking suspicion that it’s a tendency at least I share: On Saturday it was the Cambridge day of dance. The Riot had been invited but we couldn’t field enough members to make a side, so I went in support of my husband’s side,…
Since quite a few people said they wouldn’t mind hearing more about my research, I thought I’d share the thing that stood out to me today and made me well up a little. For both Under the Hill and Whirlwind Boys (the novel I mean to do next) I’ve been reading up on World War…
I’ve blogged over on the Samhain blog today on the subject of research for historical novels and why it’s really not as horrible as it sounds: http://samhainpublishing.com/blog/2010/09/30/research-a-perk-of-the-job I think I should perhaps do a follow-on blog about “fascinating people I’d never heard of (but really should have.)” 🙂 The main drawback of research, as far…
I had an interesting Bank Holiday weekend 🙂 Spent Saturday being a Saxon and discovered that I honestly have lost any interest I had in the period. However, wandering around the multi-period show, we found an outfit called NFOE (New France and Old England). They reenact mid 18th Century America, when it was still a…
I blogged in a serious sort of way over on The Macaronis, on the topic of research for writing historical fiction. The whys, whens and hows of research, along with a list of the wheres 🙂 So if you’re thinking your next/first book might be a historical, or if you’re just interested in what goes…
Just a quick review of ‘Man Oh Man: Writing m/m fiction for kinks and cash’ by Josh Lanyon Though ‘review’ might be putting it too strongly – ‘squee’ might be closer 🙂 If you go back through my posts on this LJ you’re bound to come across one where I gushed mightily about how wonderful…
Remember that petition that went round asking the UK government not to deport a young gay man back to Iran, because he would only be executed when he got there? Thank you everyone who signed! We have a partial success – the government has promised to re-think and for now he’s safe. Here is a…
So Emma Collingwood and I were having a discussion about officer’s cabins. (Well, we both have amorous Lieutenants, who wanted to know why they got so little action on board ship.) And it occurred to me to dig out the pictures my husband took while we were going round HMS Victory in the summer. Unfortunately…
