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Why was Ben missing?
Did you know that Jane Austen had a brother who was disabled? Modern scholars believe George Austen suffered from epilepsy, cerebral...
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Jun 293 min
Rhythm and Roots and Song Lyrics
I plot my stories in great detail before I sit down to write them. For me, this makes the actual writing much easier and reduces the...
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Jun 262 min
In Ben's best interests...
My son has Prader Willi Syndrome. It's a condition caused by a chromosomal anomaly, similar to Down’s Syndrome. Like Down’s, PW is...
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Jun 132 min
A spoonful of review keeps Imposter Syndrome at bay
There are, they say, only seven plots under the sun. There are also hundreds of thousands of stories out there. These stories are all...
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Jun 102 min
Masquerade: A front for scandal
When Little Lady said she had to be an Ancient Greek for school, I came back with a variation on that old joke from “1066 and all that.”...
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May 192 min
The RNA Awards are here!
On Monday evening, (20th May 2024) the Leonardo Royal London City Hotel will ring with the joyous voices of Romantic novelists, their...
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May 153 min
Primogeniture. What if the heir couldn’t do the job?
Primogeniture is the right of the first born legitimate child to inherit their parent’s entire or main estate. In practise, this right...
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May 113 min
Caring for Ben.
In “The Earl Pretender,” Robert Carrow discovers he is not the oldest son and heir of an earl, as he has always believed. He has an older...
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May 54 min
Back scratching, deals, and more of the same. The Great Voting Reform Act 1832.
In the UK this week, there have been local elections, mayoral elections and a by-election. By January 2025 at the latest, there will also...
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May 13 min
Winners and losers in the Industrial Revolution
In “The Smuggler's Daughter,” Catherine Ashton's father is a wealthy cit, (a derogatory term for a member of the merchant class,...
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Apr 53 min
Smugglers Haunts
Smugglers, when they were about their nefarious business, preferred not to be seen or disturbed. Witnesses could be compelled to testify,...
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Mar 204 min
Smugglers in Georgian Sussex Part Three: The downfall of the Hawkhurst Gang
In the 18th and 19th centuries, smuggling was big business along Britain’s southern coast. Years of war with France made certain items...
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Mar 154 min
Smugglers in Georgian Sussex Part Two: The Hawkhurst Gang
In my book, "The Smuggler's Daughter", Adam Mason is sent to Sussex to discover a ruthless gang of smugglers. The job is dangerous....
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Mar 113 min
Smugglers in Georgian Sussex, part one
Yesterday, Sunday March 10th 2024, was Mothering Sunday in the UK. In modern times of course, this has come to be known as Mother's Day,...
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Feb 141 min
Spoilt for choice: what will you read first?
Today, the Oklahoma romance writers Guild (OKRWG) opened it's 2024 “So this is love” Virtual Book Fair. What better day to do that than...
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Feb 52 min
Finding justice wasn't always easy
In “The Smuggler’s Daughter,” Adam and Catherine set out to find the gang of treasonous smugglers who are helping Napoleon raise a new...
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Jan 202 min
There's always a story behind the story
Nobody lives in a bubble, untouched by the rest of the world. Things happening around us affect us, colour our judgements and inform the...
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Jan 142 min
Life has its ups and downs...
It's been a funny old week. There have been good things happening, and not so good things, especially when it comes to my writing life....
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Apr 18, 20231 min
His Maddening Matchmaker by Virginia Heath
This is the second in the Very Village Scandal stories by Virginia Heath. Set in Whittleston on the Water, it tells the tale of Ned and...
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Sep 5, 20221 min
The Chain Diaries
Salman Rushdie was just the tip of the iceberg. Sussex author, Steve Scarlett has created a powerful and gripping thriller in this, his...
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