Writing – Elisabeth Hobbes Writes History

Who are The Laudanum Ladies?

It’s time to meet the four women who make up the Laudanum Ladies’ League. As I’ve mentioned before the book came about after a discussion whether Breaking Bad could be set in a different time period, and one of the key parts of that was finding parallels to the characters. Here are my takes onContinue reading “Who are The Laudanum Ladies?”

Free Sample of The Laudanum Ladies’ Society

Happy Birthday to me!

Today marks the tenth anniversary of my first book being unleashed on the world. Those of you who have followed me from the start will remember that Falling for Her Captor was given a contract as a result of me entering it into Harlequin’s So You Think You Can Write contest. I thought at theContinue reading “Happy Birthday to me!”

Medieval Monday – Families

It’s almost time for another series of Medieval Monday posts. If you’ve only just joined me, here’s how it works. Each week I’ll be sharing an excerpt from a Medieval romance by a guest author, and she’ll be sharing an excerpt from my book on her blog. The blog hop will run for eight weeksContinue reading “Medieval Monday – Families”

Untitled Short Oddity

After a discussion about gendered terms such as actor/actress, a friend on Facebook challenged me to write a piece where the gender of the main character was ambiguous. This is what I came up with. Let me know if/when you guessed where it was going. The phone on the desk rings. Jamie swears andContinue reading “Untitled Short Oddity”

Something Different

I wrote this short piece for a Wattpad contest to tie in with The Handmaid’s Tale that I never ended up entering (I didn’t read the small print and it was only open to Canadians I think). It’s been sitting on my desktop ever since and I haven’t known what to do with it. ThisContinue reading “Something Different”

Medieval Monday- Aelric’s Fate

It’s the final Medieval Monday in the Villains theme and I’m finishing where I started with an excerpt from The Saxon Outlaw’s Revenge. The final excerpt picks up Constance’s story after Robert has taken his revenge on Aelric. At the mercy of her enemy! Abducted by Saxon outlaws, Constance Arnaud comes face to face withContinue reading “Medieval Monday- Aelric’s Fate”

Romance on the Road

‘I’m glad I caught you, Elisabeth. I’ve got a proposal for you…’ Words to stir anyone’s heart. In this case not from Tom Hiddleston (I keep hoping) but the librarian at Macclesfield Library where I do my Tuesday morning writing session. She asked me if I would be interested in taking part in the RomanceContinue reading “Romance on the Road”

Medieval Monday: New theme, new style!

We have a new theme for Medieval Mondays and a new way of sharing our excerpts. The theme is Villains so join us to find some of the nastiest, most ruthless bad guys who ever plagued our heroes and heroines. Rather than share a whole excerpt in one go each of us is hosting a shorter snippetContinue reading “Medieval Monday: New theme, new style!”

What’s in a name?

I was a chapter and a half into a WIP when I realised something wasn’t working. After redrafting and editing and still getting nowhere with what I knew could be a great story it dawned on me the problem wasn’t with the story but with the heroine. I just wasn’t feeling her (unlike the heroContinue reading “What’s in a name?”