āOnce people come here, they never leave. It is the graveyard of ambition.āĀ When I first came to live in Shropshire, I heard this quite a lot. Now that Iāve …
The Historical Novel Society reviews ‘All the Winding World’
I don’t know if all writers are like me, but when I send a book off for review I immediately assume that the reviewer is going to hate it, even …
Countryfile – Highlights of Shropshire ā follow in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims
The following is an article I was asked to write for Countryfile Online – a lovely magazine reflecting the interests of the BBC Television Programme. It was a great pleasure …
Marrying a Murderer – The Errant Hours 2
The University of Surrey Blog supported by the Leverhulme Trust –Women’s Literary Culture and the Medieval CanonĀ has kindly asked me to contribute another guest post. I took the opportunity to …
A Varied Diet: Publishing the Unexpected
Recently I was given the opportunity to contribute to a Novel Writing Course run by the immensely talented Lisa Blower (author of newly published novelĀ Sitting Ducks). I was invited to …
The Horse
Wild Horses on Abdon Burf, Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire We had no word for the strange animal we got from the white man – the horse. So we called …