by David West | Nov 9, 2023 | News
I have just read The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham. It’s an Albert Campion Mystery. I posted recently about an article in Red Herrings, where she is noted as one of the four queens of the golden age of crime writing. According to Wikipedia, J.K. Rowling...
by David West | Nov 4, 2023 | News
Thirty soldiers and a few armed special constables were holed up on 4th November 1839 in the Westgate Hotel in Newport, South Wales. They might have expected to face overwhelming odds, because about five thousand Chartists were marching to Newport. The British weather...
by David West | Nov 3, 2023 | News
Interview, Coaching, and Marathon In my last post I mentioned my interview on The Butterfly Princess Show, the CWA best practice coaching session on selling conversations, and the Milktown Writers circle meeting. Ruth Ware was the guest for the CWA interview. Ruth is...
by David West | Nov 1, 2023 | News
I thought I’d go for news rather than history today. Literally new things rather than old things. I’m all ready for the writing circle this evening in Melksham, Milktown Writers. It’s a great group set up by Jeff Phelps and Grant White. The Corsham writing circle was...
by David West | Oct 29, 2023 | News
Why am I writing about cars and safety? As an author of historical fiction, I tend to mainly post about history and writing. However, before I retired and began writing the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, I was a civil engineer, project manager, and risk manager. So I...
by David West | Oct 29, 2023 | News
No, I’m not talking about Miley Cyrus, great artist as she is. Cyrus II, or Cyrus the Great, ruled Persia from 600 to 530 B.C. On this day in 539 B.C. he marched into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home. Records of Babylon stretch back as...
