Writing Progress
At last I feel that I’m making good progress with Book 5 of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Yesterday I wrote 1,800 words, and I have one scene to write to complete chapter one. That might make chapter one around 9,000 words. My last two books, The Suggested...
Pilgrim
I’m a pilgrim, as the certificate confirms. I walked the Camino de Santiago in 2019. I hope with all my heart that peace may be found in the Middle East, and found soon. I hope for peace for Jews, Palestinians, and all those who live in and visit the region, whether...
The Tiger in the Smoke
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...
The Chartists and The Newport Rising
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...
Interview, Coaching, and Marathon
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...
Today’s 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...
Cars & Safety
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...
Cyrus the Great
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...
Saint Edmund
I recently posted about Oxford’s oldest college, and my own college, Saint Edmund Hall was a contender. So who was Saint Edmund? The first thing is to note that there are two Saint Edmunds. There was Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia in the 9th century A.D....
Writing Progress
At last I feel that I’m making good progress with Book 5 of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Yesterday I wrote 1,800 words, and I have one scene to write to complete chapter one. That might make chapter one around 9,000 words. My last two books, The Suggested...
Pilgrim
I’m a pilgrim, as the certificate confirms. I walked the Camino de Santiago in 2019. I hope with all my heart that peace may be found in the Middle East, and found soon. I hope for peace for Jews, Palestinians, and all those who live in and visit the region, whether...
The Tiger in the Smoke
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...
The Chartists and The Newport Rising
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...
Interview, Coaching, and Marathon
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...
Today’s 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...
Cars & Safety
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...
Cyrus the Great
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...
Saint Edmund
I recently posted about Oxford’s oldest college, and my own college, Saint Edmund Hall was a contender. So who was Saint Edmund? The first thing is to note that there are two Saint Edmunds. There was Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia in the 9th century A.D....