Category: writing
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Spending time with friends
I first met Janie Juke in February 2017. I was walking my Scottie dog, Hamish, along a Spanish beach and she came into my head. But back then I didn’t know her name, I didn’t know that she would be a mobile librarian and I hadn’t met any of her family and friends. Since then…
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Nanowrimo – one year on
One year ago I accepted an invitation. I didn’t know then that it would be an acceptance that would change my life. Perhaps that sounds a little dramatic? Nevertheless, when I look back over the last twelve months and catalogue the differences, it feels like a fair assertion. The invitation came from Authorlab colleague, Chris…
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Introducing Janie Juke
Janie Juke has a famous ally – Hercule Poirot, no less. Janie has been intrigued by Agatha Christie since she was a little girl and now she works in a mobile library she has the perfect opportunity to read the latest crime thrillers. The Tapestry Bag sees Janie take on the first of her challenges as…
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Drilling for gold
When you write fiction you literally have the world at the end of your pen (or computer keyboard). You can choose to construct characters who are not like anyone you have ever met. They may not even be human. Your plot can be as complex as a journey across the universe, or as simple as…
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Following in Virginia’s footsteps
It would be nice to think that all there is to writing is putting the words on the page. But even some of our greatest writers have done much more than that. Let’s look at Virginia Woolf as an example. She wrote, but she also collaborated with the Bloomsbury Group, ‘that intellectual group of writers…
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Fiction meets fact
I bought a Sunday paper this week. It’s unusual for me to buy a newspaper, let alone a Sunday one, but I had some time on my hands and was pleased for the chance to browse. I was astounded then as I turned to page 13 of one of the supplements to find an…
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Enjoying research
While up in North Wales recently I was able to do some hands-on research for my forthcoming novel.
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Forgotten children
‘Forgotten Children’ explores some of the horrors experienced by the child migrants and hopes to raise greater awareness of their plight.
Isabella Muir 