What I learned from one year of reading Tolkien every day. The enriching experience of a communal read of a fantastic author
We all think we know who Sherlock Holmes is. What kind of person he is. But try and read Doyle’s original stroies and you might have a surprise.
“Bones of the Titans” is a historical fantasy story set in 1920s Berlin (still a work in progress) about a cursed dagger and a courageous female historian.
“It’s not lightly that a man chooses his own brother” – THE BONECASTER’S COIN by Sarah Zama (quote)
On a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth Blackwell is a story about the Titanic, but also about second chances and the courage to seize them.
#StoryWarriors is a twitter challenge for authors who are invited to speak about two characters from a WIP. Last February I chose The Frozen Maze
It has been ages since someone tagged me for this kind of challenge, but just last week Tiyana White tagged me on Twitter and I couldn’t resist taking part.
I had been participating in a month long challenge about one of my WIP, #CharactersTell (more on that later on) and I twitted about my characters…
Inspector Hartle gave a slight nod to the constable standing by the door, who promptly disappeared and came back in carrying a walking stick. He held it carefully at the bottom, his hand encased in a handkerchief, and carefully lay it on the table. “Recognize that?” the inspector asked, snuffing his cigarette now. “Yes, that’s…
She sat at the table. ‘It’ll be three shillings, in advance.’ ‘Pardon me?’ ‘Three shillings. More if it’s the last months, but you’re not far gone from the look of you. Guaranteed, otherwise your money back.’ ‘Money back for what?’ She folded her arms. ‘Are you pregnant of not?’ ‘No! I’m a…’ but I trailed…
A collection of stories set in the 1920s, from cosy mystery to historical drama and magic realism. Perfect for any reader’s TBR pile.
A murder Mystery set in turn of the XX century Dublin, cold and bleak, with a very interesting look into the early police procedure of the Victorian Era.
MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE (Kerry Greenwood) One of Phryne Fisher’s cosy mysteries. It looks into Miss Fisher’s past, when she was a young WWI veteran in Paris.