Butlers Beware! Mrs Finnegan is Seeking Out Wily Intrigues and Wanton Ineptitudes
Faithful readers will remember that when we were last together I had the MOST difficult decision to make. Should I hang up my apron and retire to share my SUNSET … Continue reading
The Books I have Read So Far in 2026
I always intend to keep a record of the books I have read and never do. The arrival of the first day of March and meteorological spring has inspired me … Continue reading
Forget The Booker, Make Sure You Enter The Rooker Book Competition
I’ve just heard about the nicest writing competition I have ever come across, run by what sounds like the nicest football club. It’s an annual competition run by Lewes FC. … Continue reading
Shall I Stay or Shall I go? Mrs Finnegan Has a Big Decision to Make
We are ONLY 28 days into a New Year and change of prodigious proportions is afoot. But first let us be CLEAR that now is the time to draw a … Continue reading
Don’t Start with Back Story – How to Work out How much the Reader Should Know and When
Start the reader in “the room where it happens” advises Allison K Williams in a craft essay published in Brevity, the free online literary journal of concise non-fiction. She has … Continue reading
What I was Reading When I was in Hospital…
THIS BLOG has been pretty patchy over the last few months. This is why. In November I went on a week long holiday to the island of Malta with two … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan has been UNWELL. Did You Notice?
ALAS! I have not been able to pick up my quill for some weeks. Have I been missed?(If the answer is no, may I remind you that good manners do … Continue reading
Blackmail and Butlers – do the Two go Together? Mrs Finnegan Ponders in the Light of New Information
THERE ARE ONLY two things in this world that I hate and one is intolerance and the other is butlers. I endeavour to see the good in all men, but … Continue reading
Big Emotions in the Reader needs Trickery from the Writer
From Writers with LoveExtracts from books, guides and articles that I believe will help make me a better writer. They may help you too…This week DONALD MAASS from The Emotional … Continue reading
Sleep before You Press Send
From Writers with LoveExtracts from books, guides and articles that I believe will help make me a better writer. They may help you too…This week CINDY SAMS writing in Brevity literary … Continue reading
By the time I reached Utah – a writer discovers the creative benefits of driving on her own.
From Writers with LoveExtracts from books, guides and articles I believe will make me a better writer. They may help you too…This week KAREN PALMER Writing in Motion “A car … Continue reading
Chapters: how to end them and start the next
From Writers with LoveExtracts from books, guides and articles I believe will make me a better writer. They may help you too…This week SOL STEIN Solutions for Novelists: Secrets of … Continue reading
No One Likes Hairy Syrup – Wise Words from Mrs Finnegan, Housekeeper & Lady Authoress
Mrs Finnegan finds being a lady authoress exhausting, but is finally back where she belongs – with you. This week she reveals how to make rose hip syrup and the PROPER care of a literary masterpiece
Good News and Bad News from Mrs Finnegan
What do you want first? I don’t need to ask: you are a staunch, sensible body of readers – very similar to myself – able to LOOK calamity in the … Continue reading
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