Writing History in a Regency Kitchen
Join me in a three week course for fiction writers, historians and absolute beginners Designed for beginners, emerging writers and authors wanting to explore a new field, you will be … Continue reading
Advent Calendar December 9
The Christmas Panto and The Workhouse If you go to the Theatre Royal in Brighton look out for a gilt-framed illustrated letter displayed on the stairs leading to the Royal … Continue reading
Historical Fiction Should Reflect the Things that Concern Us Today – Tim Weed QUOTES FOR WRITERS
As a reader of historical fiction, I’m looking for something bigger than a simple reconstruction of history. I’m looking to experience a new world, to enter a new and de-familiarized … Continue reading
Today is International Conscientious Objectors Day
I’ve been sent a very interesting press release from the Imperial War Museum in London that I want to share with you. Until I read it I didn’t realise that … Continue reading
Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers — a writer’s research site
Tine Hreno is an author and creative consultant and she keeps her blog Writers in London in the 1890s as a place to record and share her research on Oscar … Continue reading
Did you know that more photographs were taken….
….in 2012 than were taken in all the 150+years since photography was invented. Source: Hugh Laurie on BBC Radio Four Desert Island Discs photo credit: Martin Gommel via photopin cc … Continue reading
A birthday party on the Titanic…A first kiss as Wall Street crashed…Monday Creative Writing Exercise beacuse it’s a good way to start the week
This is straightforward lucky dip. Choose two numbers – both have to be between one and ten. The first number gives you a personal event and the second an historical … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 