Category: writing

• Robin

  Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas December is racing along! With Christmas less than a fortnight away I’m hoping you can steal a moment to put your feet up and enjoy ​Robin​, the sixth story in the Michael Grey series. Who doesn’t love the pretty red-breasted bird that darts around our gardens…

  Isabella Muir

  December 13, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• Dove

  Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas We couldn’t have an advent calendar of short stories without featuring one of the key symbols of peace – ​Dove ​… As I wrote this story I was reminded of such a happy time some years back when my husband and I nurtured a baby collared…

  Isabella Muir

  December 11, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• Cormorant

  Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas In ​Cormorant​, the fourth story in your advent calendar of Michael Grey stories, we discover how challenged Michael is by events around him. Here’s an excerpt from the story… ‘How fascinating it would be to step back in time, to see the ancestor of the cormorant…

  Isabella Muir

  December 9, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• Goldeneye

  Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas As I uncover – Goldeneye – the third short story in the Michael Grey series – I hope you’re enjoying this advent calendar with a difference! It’s been such a pleasure researching and writing these stories, focusing on nature and wildlife, while still immersing myself in…

  Isabella Muir

  December 7, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• Wheatear

  Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas The second instalment of our Michael Grey advent calendar of short stories that merges nature with history, brings us Wheatear. In Wheatear we learn a little more about Michael Grey’s life and childhood home – St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex. We meet his parents, William and Winifred…

  Isabella Muir

  December 5, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• Cuckoo

  Stories bringing you the sparkle of nature at Christmas As we enter December you might be thinking more about being warm and cosy inside, rather than out birdwatching! And that’s why this is the perfect time to cosy up with a series of short stories that explores the lives of birds from a totally new…

  Isabella Muir

  December 3, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• An advent calendar with a difference!

  Christmas stories merging nature with history As we enter December you might be thinking more about being warm and cosy inside, rather than out birdwatching! And that’s why this is the perfect time to cosy up with a series of short stories that explores the lives of birds from a totally new perspective! I’ll be…

  Isabella Muir

  December 2, 2023

  birdwatching, Christmas, family life, nature, short stories, sixties, social history, Sussex, wildlife, writing

  1960s, birdwatching, Christmas, fiction, nature, short stories, wildlife

• In translation!

  I’ve been lucky enough to work with some wonderful translators to bring my stories to new audiences. Many of my novels and novellas are available in Italian and now I am thrilled to bring news of a Portuguese edition of The Tapestry Bag. Ana Catarina Palma Neves has produced a wonderful translation – O Saco…

  Isabella Muir

  December 6, 2022

  translation, writing

  Portuguese, translation

• Brand new!

  To celebrate the publication of a brand new novel in the Janie Juke Crime Mystery series (coming very soon!), the current series is available at a discounted price from now – right up until Christmas Eve! What’s more the series has some snappy new covers! And, as if that’s not enough fun for a pre-Christmas…

  Isabella Muir

  November 24, 2022

  Janie Juke, mysteries, sixties, writing

  cozy mysteries, discounts, fiction, mysteries, special offer, swinging sixties

• Calm your nerves…

  Originally posted on Outset Publishing: With the knowledge we have now about the dangers of smoking, it’s hard to believe that in 1940s Britain even doctors might advise lighting up as a way of calming a patient’s nerves. It would be a common sight to see GPs smoking in a surgery, doctors and patients smoking…

  Isabella Muir

  June 20, 2022

  writing