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A Writer’s Life

reading roundup: July
I've been oxer-deep in reading this month and have seven books to share. The Cricketer's Arms, Garrick Jones A gay
31-07-2019
excerpt: the flowers of time
As promised, this week I have an excerpt from The Flowers of Time for you. Set in the 1780s, in
24-07-2019
life chaos abounds
I missed last week's post because life got in the way, I'm sorry. Littlest has been in plaster casts on
17-07-2019
character sketch: Alec Carter
Alistair Carter, one of the two main protagonists from Lost in Time and Shadows on the Border, is a Detective
03-07-2019
reading round-up: June
I've read lots and lots of lovely books this month, including: Detour by Reesa Herberth and Michelle Moore I go
26-06-2019
research rabbit-holes for june
The last few weeks' research rabbit-holes have been pretty varied. I'm still flailing around in the Himalayas and in eighteenth
19-06-2019
here, there and everywhere
This week's post is a lazy one, just a heads up to a couple of other things I've written in
12-06-2019
works in progress: progressing, and that's about all
I've done a load over the last month, but not much of it actual writing. Because of the shenanigans with
05-06-2019
reading roundup: May
A quick round-up of some of my reads this month, in no particular order. These have mostly gone up on
29-05-2019
York: Roman, Medieval, Viking. And geese.
I lived in York for three years during college. It's a beautiful city, small and full of history. My degree
22-05-2019
Inheritance of Shadows: a public project
People who read my newsletter will already know that I have a new project in the works. I am starting
15-05-2019
character sketch: Lew Tyler
This is the first in a series of occasional character sketches I'm going to do. Lew Tyler is one of
08-05-2019