Mar 16, 2012
However you define the term ‘historical novel’, there can be few things more daunting than being asked to write about events which you yourself don’t remember, but which other people do. This was the position I was put in when Rosemary Cheetham at...
Mar 7, 2012
So here we are as writers, locked in our garrets, eschewing social life and family responsibilities, slaving over a hot laptop for hours on end, week after week, maybe even year after year, our entire focus on creating a cast of fascinating characters and a...
Feb 29, 2012
My Angels were Singing – a poem for St David’s Day by Marc Mordey I stood near the house where Grace once lived, My angels were singing. I watched as birds and daffodils dived. My angels were singing. It’s spring and the sun bursts fat and alive. And my angels...
Feb 19, 2012
Words are like local shops – it’s a case of use them or lose them. I was shocked to hear that ‘charabanc’ and ‘aerodrome’ have been expunged from the Oxford English Dictionary. But how can that be, when there is a sign for Haverfordwest Aerodrome just down the...
Feb 13, 2012
Everywhere I go at the moment there are hearts and roses. Love is in the air and we might as well enjoy it. Some of us are lucky enough to have our own Valentine waiting for us at home (!) but whether we have or not, reading a romantic novel is another great way to...
