Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
This is a wonderful novelisation of a true story set in Iceland in the early 1800s. The story is compelling and completely convincing and...
Book Review: There Are Other Rivers: On Foot Across India by Alastair Humphreys
This is a great (small) book. I bought it after hearing Alastair being interviewed on the BBC. I have not read many travel books, so did...
Book Review: The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria by Tracy Adams
A well written and interesting book, that I found very useful for researching my novel about medieval Western Europe.
An Author's view on ... Literary Festivals
They are, from limited experience, great fun! Although some literary festivals, in the UK, are held in January and February, the main...
An Author’s View on … Making Promises
I recently posted a blog in which I gave some thoughts on USPs (Unique Selling Propositions). I gave it the title An Author’s View on …...
An Author's View on ... Unusual Angles
In earning media coverage, creativity counts: journalists like new perspectives. Marsha Friedman reminds us in her blog, How to Develop a...
An Author’s View on … Promises
Unique Selling Propositions or Unique Selling Points (USP) are the bees’ knees in the marketing world! Corbett Barr in his blog The...
An Author’s View on … Friends
In Scott Berkun’s blog 28 (Better) Things No One Tells You about Publishing, he makes the point that friends and family are an author’s...
An Author’s View on … Ambulances.
My view on ambulances is that they are big and heavy – and I should know as I recently had to rescue one that was stuck in a muddy verge!...
An Author’s View of … Dogs
I own a Schnauzer. She’s a beautiful dog that comes up just below my knee. We call her Smudge on account of her pepper-and-salt coat,...
The Joy(lessness) of Marketing
I recently came across a very interesting reblog by Derek Haine aimed at authors and titled 28 (Better) Things No One Tells You About...
