Category: Taking Stock

#AMA: Resonating with your characters

Published by Ally on 18 March 2022

This time’s topic is a question from Fee. Which of your characters, if any, do you resonate with most? I suppose the easiest way to…

#AMA: Blending real people and fictional characters

Published by Ally on 12 March 2022

I’ve been having a bit of blog-block recently, so I asked in my facebook group for suggestions and a lot of lovely people gave me…

Eight Acts: when does history begin?

Published by Ally on 22 January 2022

So I’ve been round and about trying to bring Eight Acts to the attention of a few more potential readers this week. It came out…

The difference between writing in the 1920s and 1970s. And a bit about colonialism in historical romance.

Published by Ally on 4 August 2021

With The Fog of War coming out in August I thought it might be interesting to blog about the differences between writing in all the…

Taking Stock: Deleted Scene

Published by Ally on 16 June 2021

Here’s a deleted scene I found from Taking Stock. It’s Patsy Walker, who runs the Post Office, talking to HER friend Sally, who’s Laurie’s housekeeper.…