I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend and not rushing about too much finding last minute gifts. Doing my shopping reminded me of the scene I wrote in The Promise Tree when Edwin takes Drusilla a present. What do you get a 200 year old dryad for Christmas? “I brought you a gift.” HeContinue reading “A gift for a dryad”
Tag Archives: History
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?”
Medieval Monday – Bambi Lynn
I love being able to share excerpts from such wonderful authors. Today I’m sharing Bambi Lynn’s Marek. Boring accountant, Kitty Petty, struggles to get through each day one at a time since the brutal murder of her husband. She spends every free moment caring for her young daughter, until the night she wakes to findContinue reading “Medieval Monday – Bambi Lynn”
Medieval Monday- Sherry Ewing
I’m delighted to be taking part in Medieval Monday where each week (guess which day) I’ll be sharing a cover and excerpt from a different medieval novel. The overall theme is ‘celebrations’ and I’m starting off with ‘Hearts Across Time’ by Sherry Ewing. The golden sun began to peek over the ocean horizon, splashingContinue reading “Medieval Monday- Sherry Ewing”
1066 and that stuff
Today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings where William of Normandy defeated Harold and changed England’s politics, culture and language forever. It also provides the background for The Saxon Outlaw’s Revenge which opens with the execution of a displaced Saxon thegn and all but one of his sons (I wonder if anyone canContinue reading “1066 and that stuff”
Elisabeth Hobbes Writes History 