Category: family life
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What is real?
In our own way, we all need something to believe in. Walter, one of my favourite fictional characters, looks to nature in his attempts to understand the world. We first meet Walter in The Forgotten Children, when Emily travels to the isle of Anglesey, and on a clifftop walk she encounters a gentle stranger… ‘Today…
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Finding a voice
Last week we asked, What if new isn’t always better? looking at some of the implications of the Paris Peace Conference and the changes imposed on nations by the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. It comes as no surprise that peoples who had suddenly gained new ‘masters’ found themselves questioning their rights,…
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What if new isn’t always better?
Is new always better? Are there some changes that can be justified in order to take the world in a new and different direction, or does human nature result in us merely duplicating past mistakes?
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Looking back to the future
If you have read any of my books, you will know I have a fascination with the recent past. My stories are all set during two eras: the Second World War years and the vibrant decade of the 1960s. Writing any fiction, whether about then or now, involves a certain amount of research. In fact,…
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Treat yourself to a cosy Christmas!
It’s that time of year when the shops are busy, the nights are long, the weather can be tricky (!) and you might be wondering how and when you can grab a quiet moment to relax. Whatever your plans, if you have the chance to squeeze in a peaceful moment or two, you might like…
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Plenty of free stories to add to your TBR pile!
And your chance to enjoy this tender story of family and friendship… …taking you back to the days when the kind embrace of community helped to ease troubled times… Divided we Fall ’Divided we Fall’ is the first in a series of six novellas, exploring how the townsfolk of the sleepy seaside resort of Tamarisk…
Isabella Muir
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Something for those in-between days…
It’s Wednesday 27th December. A whole year to wait until Christmas Day, and Boxing Day a recent memory… and yet, there is still New Year to consider – decisions to make – whether to stay awake until the midnight hour or steal an early night so that when you awake you have arrived in 2024!…
Isabella Muir
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Partridge
Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas With the release of – Partridge – we’ve reached the end of our Christmas advent calendar! Of course, we couldn’t have a series of festive short stories that has birds as its central theme without including the Partridge. Let’s get Michael’s thoughts on the subject, in…
Isabella Muir
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Tree sparrow
Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas By writing this advent calendar of short stories I sought to merge nature with history. So when I researched the ninth story in the series – Tree Sparrow – I learned about an event that brought mankind’s influence on wildlife into even sharper focus… When I…
Isabella Muir
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Wren
Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas We’re nearing the end of this unusual Christmas advent calendar of short stories, journeying with Michael Grey as he discovers the traits of the birds he loves to watch are often reflected in the people closest to him. As I researched this story I learned that…
Isabella Muir
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