So, it’s worth thinking about light, if you’re writing a historical novel, particularly if you live and/or were brought up in a city. We moderns are as unaware of light as a fish is of water. We switch it on where we need it, and the night goes away in an even wash of colourless…
Yet again I’m thinking about branding. Initially I was very resistant to the idea that an author should have a brand. “What if I want to do something different?” I thought. “If I brand myself as a historical author, what will become of me if I want to write fantasy, or mystery, or Gothic historical…
This weekend saw me in two layers of thermals and a big black coat playing as one of Coton Morris Men’s musicians, and can I just say that (a) the inventor of handwarmers is hereby promoted by me to the status of a minor god, and (b) nobody told me that whistle players need to…
of an angered morris musician at Mill Road Winter Fair. With one blast from the melodion, Jane of Coton Morris Men knocks down two of the dancers who’d had the audacity to complain about her festive scarf.
And my characters stare back. Sometimes when I’m starting a project with all new characters and setting, and I don’t know much about either, I will sit down and ask my heroes to talk to me. Usually they say something along the lines of “Sod off! Don’t be nosy.” And they look at me as…
starts up today! Every day until Christmas, at about 2pm, there will be a new post about something festive, and an opportunity to win either a free book or something else just as exciting. My post isn’t up until the 23rd, but I’m going to be clicking on it every day because there’s something interesting…
As November draws to a close, and all over the internet come the cries of NaNoWriMo participants reaching their 50K goal for the month, I have achieved my In2.5NoEdMo. My individual month of editing two and a half books – if a novella counts as a half book – turned out to be almost as…
I should probably be ashamed, shouldn’t I? Given that I met JL Merrow at the UK Meet in 2010 and have been following her blog ever since (not to mention working on the BritFlash and “Tea and Crumpet” anthologies with her) I should probably be ashamed that I’ve only just got around to reading one…
Ooh, what a lovely review this is from the Thrifty Reader blog: http://thriftyreader.blogspot.com/2011/11/e-book-review-by-honor-betrayed-by-alex.html “By Honor Betrayed was delicious. That’s the only way to put it. The desire between Tom and Conrad can almost be felt. Everyday touches between master and servant take on a whole new meaning. This was heady stuff.” “Delicious” makes me hurt…
In the good news category, I have a lovely interview up on the RNA blog (the RNA being the British equivalent of the RWA.) http://romanticnovelistsassociationblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/interview-with-alex-beecroft.html And in other good news, I found a backup of my website (done in August!) which has enabled me to get it back up on its different server in days…
