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Writing the Past: The Bog Mermaid
Video from the Arachne Press Writing the Past event for Hither Green Festival 2019 at Manor House Library. An extract from the 1926 thread of this novel.
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The Historical Birthday-Tea Party 7th January
No-one is owning up to being born on 7th January, so another ‘who knows?’ And because it’s wild weather I thought we’d go for a pirate. Mary Read. Cross-dressing lover of Anne Bonny, and several men, a proper swashbuckler, served in the King’s army, ran a pub and later became a pirate, but no one…
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Early Music part 2
Early music is a passion I share with my partner A, and a chance discovery led to the inspiration for an historical novel, The Cold Time. Sometime in 1993 , arriving early for a film at the Odeon at Marble Arch, we headed into HMV to browse, and I picked up a new release in…
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Early Music
Music I found early, and Early Music I found… My passion for words nearly got in the way of my interest in music, and I was almost oblivious to tunes until I introduced myself to a wide variety of music via the library I worked in when I was nineteen. I think I took music…
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How do you do that?
At some point writers will always be asked ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ If I tried to answer that I would probably never finish, and consequently never write another story. This post is in response to a different question that I have been asked- about the details that end up in my stories…
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Stone Carving for Beginners
Sometimes talking to an expert isn’t enough, I have to try something out for myself. I started writing a novel about thirteenth century musicians and masons over ten years ago. I know what is going to happen in The Cold Time but I struggle with making it convincing. I’ve read a lot of books, I’ve…
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The Arsonist’s Demise
National Short Story Week is coming to a close, and with it all my good intentions to do some writing in honour of the event. Having a house full of builders isn’t conducive to creativity, even when they are charming, careful and considerate, which they are. I did however make it to Spread the Word’s…
Cherry Potts, Writer 