Publishers Are Not Your Friends – from a publisher’s open rejection letter QUOTES FOR WRITERS
…all we can suggest is that you don’t trust publishers. They’re not your friends, and they’re not even that great at spotting what readers will like. If they reject your … Continue reading
5 things Mrs Finnegan did last year that she is really QUITE proud of…from the Chronicles of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan – the acknowledged expert in life, love and LAUNDRY – looks back at the last 12 months at The Regency Town House And if the phrase celebrated housekeeper … Continue reading
An Open Letter to My (Numerous) Gentle Readers from Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
I trust you have had a pleasant yuletide? Yes? Plenty of sweetmeats and sweet wine? People toing and FROING? Plum pudding perhaps? Mince Pies? Very good. I know you will … Continue reading
…everything you want, you are already that…said Rumi, the 13th century Persian poet QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look … Continue reading
The Diary of a Reluctant Rebel – Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper is on strike
In all due humility, Mrs Finnegan prefers to read the diaries of others rather than write her OWN, but believes that her day to day struggles in The Regency Town … Continue reading
Writing slow “so that I can look back on what sort of botch I made…” William Glass QUOTES FOR WRITERS
..I write slowly because I write badly. I have to rewrite everything many, many times just to achieve mediocrity. Time can give you a good critical perspective, and I often … Continue reading
Revolt at the Dinner Table! Can Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper save the day and Bring Harmony to her own Household?
Mrs Finnegan is STILL the housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE. That situation may NOT continue for much longer… MADAM! Is it permissible to refuse a REVOLTING dinner?I will recount to … Continue reading
It’s a Shark-filled Lagoon Out There warns Margaret Atwood QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I wish you good writing and good luck. Even if you’ve already done the good writing, you’ll still need the good luck. It’s a shark-filled lagoon out there. Cross your … Continue reading
Wanted: a Riddler in Residence at an English Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral are recruiting their first ever Riddler in Residence (I wonder if there has ever been another one elsewhere).The project is funded by Arts Council England and the job … Continue reading
O To Be A Radical! The chronicles of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan’s advice is FREELY GIVEN and letters are MOST welcome. FAITHFUL readers will be PLEASED to know she is STILL the housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE MY MOTHER AND … Continue reading
The Only Time to Write – Isabel Paterson QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The fact is writing can only be done during the time when one ought to be doing something else.Isabel Paterson Photo credit: Jonathan Francisca on Unsplash
The Embarrassing Things Mothers Do…More Problems for Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper to Solve
Mrs Finnegan is a celebrated EXPERT on life, love and laundry and WELCOMES letters from all, no matter HOW grand or LOWLY, especially as it now appears she has SOME … Continue reading
What’s the worst thing that can happen to a writer? Mary McCarthy knew and we do too. QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The worst thing that can happen to a writer is to become a Writer.Mary McCarthy Image credit: THE PASSION OF CREATION, LEONID PASTERNAK Circa 1880.
So, what does your bookcase look like…?
Glen Donaldson, Australian writer-blogger-player-with words, appealed to readers to send him a photograph of their home bookcase. I sent pictures of my four in what I would like to think … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 