Panic on the writing course – writing diary
A panic attack was perhaps not the best way to start my participation in the six week Novel Writing Essentials course with Bill Ryan as tutor.
Elin’s Story
A Right and Proper Subject
What is a right and proper subject for a novel today? A discussion of commercial and moral arguments and a vindication (I hope) of authorial freedom.
Synopsis of The Long Way to London
A synopsis of The Long Way to London, the first part of Elin’s Story, that I wrote for the Stockholm Writer’s Festival 2018. This version includes hyperlinks to more information about the story and the characters.
I’ll start afresh tomorrow – writing diary
In which I start afresh to keep a writing diary and report from Jessica Hovey’s creative writing course at Folkuniversitet that I attended recently in preparation for the Stockholm Writers’ Festival coming up in April.
In praise of ABE Books
In which the arrival of a parcel from ABE Books (and a secondhand bookshop in Gothenburg) makes me happy for hours and breaks a writer’s block I’d run into.
Applying NaNoWriMo to writing Elin’s Story
Applying the principles of NaNoWriMo in September to writing the first volume of Elin’s Story – The Long Way to London – a first progress report.
And so it’s June
And so it’s June… I’m very satisfied with my productivity in May – especially the last couple of weeks. My motivation is back and I am writing again. Blogs and sites Over the last 13 or 14 months I have published almost weekly a blog entry At the Quill – my blog about writing, reading … More…
Johanna Jarlsdotter (Vassi) – my Becky Sharp
How I came to give the name Johanna to a subsidairy point-of-view character in Elin’s Story and the problems in finding an appropriate and historically correct name.
Bothwell in Brussels
How to get James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, into the story? Turns out he was in Brussels in 1565. Also includes a translation of “Vadstenabullret”.
Her hidden face – cover-art on historical fiction
Commentary spun off from last week: why so much cover-art for historical novels with female protagonists features a woman who hides her face or whose face is hidden.