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#IWSG Translating Self-Published Novels?

This post was written in response to The Insecure Writers Support Group, which posts on the first Wednesday of every month. As many of you know, I live and work in Spain, although I write novels in English. Some of my readers are other English-speaking people who live in Spain, or Spanish speakers whose EnglishContinue reading “#IWSG Translating Self-Published Novels?”

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Nanthology – Forging Ahead

Geoff Le Pard is a great writer and blogger who has taken on the daunting task of writing a 1,600+ word short story every day for November Nanowrimo. He’s been inspired/encouraged by prompts from some of his blogging friends. I’m proud and honoured to be one of them. Here’s where my picture prompt took him.Continue reading “Nanthology – Forging Ahead”

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Happy Second #Blogiversary To Me! And #Giveaway

I received a message from WordPress today reminding me that I’ve been blogging for two years. Doesn’t time fly? When I started blogging two years ago, I never imagined the fun I’d be having, and the other bloggers I’d be meeting along the way. Blogging has helped me in my writing process, especially through myContinue reading “Happy Second #Blogiversary To Me! And #Giveaway”

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Is Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall a Standalone #Novel or The Second Volume of a Trilogy?

I’d like to start by answering a previous question. Many people ask me if it’s necessary to have read Jane Eyre or Wide Sargasso Sea before reading the novels in the Eyre Hall Trilogy, and I always tell them it isn’t necessary. It’s true that some of the characters in my novels originally appeared inContinue reading “Is Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall a Standalone #Novel or The Second Volume of a Trilogy?”

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Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 5 – Pairs

I took this photo last Sunday as I walked along the beachfront with my grandchildren.   Everyone enjoys the beach in spring or summer, when the weather’s warm, but the beach in Autumn and winter is majestic. the sea is more furious, the colours are bolder, and the promise of long lazy days is alluring.Continue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 5 – Pairs”

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Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 4 – Isolated

This photo was taken on 12th October. There used to be splendid rose-bush in that spot, but it dried up, or so I thought, and it was cut down last summer. Twenty days ago, I noticed one solitary, brave rose had grown, and was defiantly facing the autumn wind and showers. I remember approaching thisContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 4 – Isolated”

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#Author Spotlight Gloria Antypowich & #BookReview of her Novel ‘Full Circle’

This week’s Author Spotlight features  Gloria Antypowich and her novel Full Circle. My Review One of the reasons I read is to travel, and another is to encounter events beyond my daily routine. In Full Circle, I was alternately shocked, surprised, upset, and cheerful. I also travelled to Canada and found out what life onContinue reading “#Author Spotlight Gloria Antypowich & #BookReview of her Novel ‘Full Circle’”

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A Story For #Halloween by Noelle Granger @RheBrewster

Source: A Story For Halloween? Crime writer and valued, virtual friend, Noelle Granger, has written a short and spooky Halloween story about a modern-day Sin Eater. I’m proud and honoured to inform you that she says I inspired her, because a 19th century Sin Eater appears in my own novels. It’s the least I couldContinue reading “A Story For #Halloween by Noelle Granger @RheBrewster”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place

 This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch **** The Day of the Dead “Eve, You’ve been chosen to read the Sacred Words this year on the Day of the Dead.” “I don’t want to rest without you!” “If we take turns and rest for a year,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place”

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