Jane Eyre takes place in 19th century rural Yorkshire. It’s a very ‘English novel’, because almost all the characters are English, and the protagonists clearly represent typical traits of Victorian England. Jane embodies an English appearance; she is pale, short, slim, with green eyes and russet hair. She also represents manners generally associated by anContinue reading “Jane Eyre, Europe and #Brexit #SundayBlogShare”
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1 Day to Book Launch of ‘Midsummer at Eyre Hall’: My Happy Ending, Thanks to Camus, Orson Welles and My Daughter.
Tomorrow is the big day. The Eyre Hall Trilogy is officially complete and available for purchase and download on Amazon as a Kindle ebook. My proof for the paperback version of Midsummer at Eyre Hall arrived today. I’ll be checking it through carefully, and it will be available to purchase in print before the endContinue reading “1 Day to Book Launch of ‘Midsummer at Eyre Hall’: My Happy Ending, Thanks to Camus, Orson Welles and My Daughter.”
2 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Genre: What is a #Victorian #Gothic #Romance?
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are two days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day twoContinue reading “2 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Genre: What is a #Victorian #Gothic #Romance?”
3 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Writing Process: Intertextuality
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are three days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day threeContinue reading “3 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Writing Process: Intertextuality”
4 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage Three: Plotting
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are four days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day fourContinue reading “4 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage Three: Plotting”
6 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage One: Visualisation
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are six days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. I’m aContinue reading “6 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage One: Visualisation”
#Author Spotlight Karen Long & #BookReview The Safe Word for @BrookCottageBks
Published January 14th 2014 Genre: Mystery / thriller / crime Eleanor Raven Series: Book 1 There are rules that every player of every game must abide by, no matter how dangerous the sport. Toronto has become the backdrop to a macabre set of artistic installations: women kidnapped, tortured and horrifically displayed by a killer withContinue reading “#Author Spotlight Karen Long & #BookReview The Safe Word for @BrookCottageBks”
#Onthisday 1816 Charlotte Bronte Was Born! Happy #Bronte200 Birthday!
Her name was Charlotte Bronte and she was born on 21st April, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire. Her father was Rev. Patrick Bronte, originally from County Down, Ireland, where his father was a labourer. His name was spelled Brunty at the time. Ii is not known exactly when it was changed to Bronte, but it wasContinue reading “#Onthisday 1816 Charlotte Bronte Was Born! Happy #Bronte200 Birthday!”
Letter Q #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre Quotes
This post is part of this year’s April Challenge to write a post a day. I’ve chosen to write about my greatest literary passion: Jane Eyre. I’m going to show you some famous and significant quotes from Jane Eyre. I love these quotes because they show us how powerful Jane’s character was. She wanted toContinue reading “Letter Q #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre Quotes”
Letter M #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre and The Mason Family
This post is part of this year’s April Challenge to write a post a day. I’ve chosen to write about my greatest literary passion: Jane Eyre. Today Jane is going to tell you all about the Mason family, her husband’s troublesome in-laws. I met two members of the Mason family personally; Mr. Richard Mason andContinue reading “Letter M #AtoZChallenge #JaneEyre and The Mason Family”
