When I met my husband, thirty-five years ago, we lived in different countries. I was living in London, while he lived in Spain. At the time, long distance phone calls were very expensive, so they were infrequent. For over two years, except during the holidays, which we spent together, he wrote me a letter almostContinue reading “A Present for Saint Valentine’s Day: The Most Romantic Letters You’ll Ever Read”
Category Archives: The Eyre Hall Trilogy
My beautiful #JaneEyre
Was Jane Eyre Plain or Pretty? Some readers of The Eyre Hall Trilogy have considered that my Jane Eyre is too beautiful, arguing that Charlotte Bronte drew an ugly, or at least plain young girl. When I read (and reread) Jane Eyre, Jane is/was never ugly in my mind, and I have proof that sheContinue reading “My beautiful #JaneEyre”
Casting my villainous Mr. Rochester, Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons?
In a recent interview for Brook Cottage Books as part of a Book Tour, I was asked, ‘If the movie rights to your novels are purchased, who would you like to play your main characters?’ I replied Alan Rickman in the first place, but I wasn’t completely convinced, so I added Jeremy Irons as myContinue reading “Casting my villainous Mr. Rochester, Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons?”
#TwelfthNight in Victorian England
Today is Twelfth Night. It is the last day of the Twelve Days of Christmas, which began on the 25th of December. It is literally the twelfth night after December 25, so it is celebrated on the night of January 5th, the night before the Epiphany, or the coming of the Three Kings, Wise MenContinue reading “#TwelfthNight in Victorian England”
#Christmas in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall, Now in #Paperback
I’ve recently formatted Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall for print with CreateSpace and had it re-edited by by my patient editor, Alison Williams, in case there were any slips in the new format. All clear, so it was published in print on 12th December. Both my books are now available in paperback, and they’d makeContinue reading “#Christmas in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall, Now in #Paperback”
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?”
#IWSG Book Signing: Lessons Learnt
This post was written in response to The Insecure Writers Support Group, which posts every first Wednesday of every month. My First Book Signing Event: Lessons Learnt for #IWSG Last month I wrote about the insecurity I felt regarding my first book signing event, and this month, I’d like to tell you about the lessonsContinue reading “#IWSG Book Signing: Lessons Learnt”
Today is All Hallows. Find out What Happened at Eyre Hall on That Day #HalloweenBooks
Yesterday was All Hallows Eve, which has come to be known as Halloween. I wrote about how the festivity was celebrated in Victorian England, and what happened on that day at Eyre Hall. Today’s post is about what happened the following day, November 1st, All Hallows or All Souls’ Day. It is no spoiler thatContinue reading “Today is All Hallows. Find out What Happened at Eyre Hall on That Day #HalloweenBooks”
Find Out What Happened on ‘All Hallows’ at ‘Eyre Hall’ #HalloweenBooks
All Hallows at Eyre Hall, owes its title to the fact that the main events in the novel occur on and around All Hallows. The following two excerpts narrate the events leading up to All Hallows, at Eyre Hall. When Richard Mason returns to the place where Thornfield Hall had been and Eyre Hall hasContinue reading “Find Out What Happened on ‘All Hallows’ at ‘Eyre Hall’ #HalloweenBooks”
The Sin-Eater in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall #HalloweenBooks
Spine-chilling Characters in Real Life and Fiction: The Sin-Eater Sin-eaters really existed from pre-Christian times to the end of the 19th century. They were summoned to the bedside of a dead person, with the objective of absorbing their sins by eating and drinking food placed on the corpse’s body, thereby enabling the deceased to continueContinue reading “The Sin-Eater in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall #HalloweenBooks”
Rereading Jane Eyre 