Hello my lovely reader! I wondered if you could help me? I need to know your favourite historical Scottish names… to use in my upcoming Historical Fiction novel, nay, a series, starting in the time of the Highland Clearances in 1815 and going through the 1860s. I need a heroine name and a hero name. …
I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year and let you know I’ll be posting more about the historical background of my novels this year. I discover SO MUCH MORE than I can put into my stories–they’re not meant to be history books, but the enlivening of my interpretation of the historical record! This …
“Here, ye read it, ye wasted enough time learnin’ t’ read,” she grumbled. Sofia took a deep breath, biting back a reminder that she was taught to read by the same man her mother had refused, but now was not the time. Her eyes raced down the page, stopping at the laird’s seal at the …
Novellas… My latest of my two novellas will come out in the Once Upon a Vet School series! It’s just been sent to the group for inclusion in the Christmas Wishes boxed set! I’ll keep you posted about release dates, title, and more! I can’t tell you yet, sorry, it’s still a secret! BUT… …
“I don’t want to be tacksman.” Robert enunciated every word, his voice rising. “I don’t want your job, bowing obsequiously to the stinking laird and his despicable sons. I won’t do it.” “Ye will.” Lytton’s voice, steel-edged. “I won’t. Don’t you see, Da? Soon there won’t be any tacksmen. Year by year, they’re being replaced …
Hi all! Submitted Once Upon a Vet School #6: Fifty Miles at a Breath yesterday and today, I’m stuck into Somewhere Called Home, a novella about the early life of Scotty from A Long Trail Rolling in the Highlands of Scotland that I’ve already researched. It’s due… next week. Thankfully it’s meant to be short… …