International writing competition on Sex and Gender
For the past eleven years Stringybark Stories has run international short story competitions from their base in Australia.David Vernon, Editor and Judge, wrote to tell me that this year they … Continue reading
There’s Devilment and Misery in Mrs Finnegan’s Mail Box. Advice from Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper Will Put a Stop to Both (sort of)
Can’t stop my sticky little fingers from sneaking morsels of food from the kitchen. It’s not as if I am even hungry, it’s just the devilment of trying something that … Continue reading
Not Everything Needs to be Explained – Esther Freud
Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they’ll know it too. Esther Freud Photo credit:Pexels from Pixabay
Need help making decisions? Follow the instructions of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper for a simple life
Mrs Finnegan, the outstanding housekeeper of her generation, is employed at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE She GIVES advice and occasionally takes it. Please help me. I have a complete inability to make … Continue reading
Keep on Keeping on Until You Stop – advice from Geoff Dryer QUOTES FOR WRITERS
In my 30s I used to go to the gym even though I hated it. The purpose of going to the gym was to postpone the day when I would stop going. … Continue reading
An old Rake Wants to Marry a Young Bride…Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper Raises an Eyebrow
Mrs Finnegan, celebrated authority AND housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE is not AFRAID of giving frank advice when it is needed. You are a woman of the world, Mrs Finnegan, … Continue reading
Bored with your story? Hate your characters? That’s OK says Sophie Kinsella QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Everybody, no matter who they are gets to the middle of a book and thinks crikey, I’ve had enough of this. You get bored with your story and your characters, … Continue reading
A Publisher Reveals 9 Things You Should Never Put in a Plot (probably)
Blind Eye Books is an American publisher of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance novels featuring LGBTQ protagonists. Editor in Chief Nicola Kimberling has decided not to say what she … Continue reading
Funny Women Writers Wanted – not a phrase you hear very often
But this is for real Comedy Women in Print Prize is its third year and is the UK and Ireland’s first comedy literary prize (and only? can’t think of another). … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan might be looking for a new job…The Chronicles of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
CELEBRATED Authority on almost everything, Mrs Finnegan is CURRENTLY housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE in the mostly pleasant town of Brighton & Hove, but is OPEN to offers… WHOEVER … Continue reading
Making a Poem – Eavan Boland QUOTES FOR WRITERS
If you can’t do a poem, you can do a line. And if you can’t do a line, you can do an image — and that pathway that leads you … Continue reading
Where is the Man I Married? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper listens to a young wife’s pleas
Mrs Finnegan – purveyor of wisdom and SAGE of the serving classes – is housekeeper at The Regency Town House in Brunswick Square, Brighton. People warned me against marrying my … Continue reading
To Hell With It All but only if…Colum MCann QUOTES FOR WRITERS
To hell with grammar, but only if you know the grammar first. To hell with formality, but only if you have learned what it means to be formal. To hell … Continue reading
Parlour Maid or Lapdog – whose side are you on? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper has made up her mind…
Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper at The Regency Town House and authority on life, love and lapdogs finds that she is the subject of PRAISE this week. Master Tiny Tickletums has to go … Continue reading
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