The protagonist of my novel Impossible Saints is not only a suffragette but a leader of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), so I’ve…
I recently returned from a week-long writers’ retreat and workshop led by one of my favourite poets and non-fiction authors, Kathleen Norris. The workshop was…
This week there was an online furor over the Vox article by Sarah A. Chrisman entitled “I love the Victorian Era. So I decided to…
Ah, summertime. A time to turn off your brain, lie on the beach, read magazines with shiny, colourful photos, watch mindless television . . .…
Several years ago at a writing conference I was inspired by Susanna Kearsley’s excellent talk, in which she mentioned that writers should write what they…
A few months ago I joined the reviewing team of the Historical Novel Society. I’ve been a member of the HNS for years and am…
My teaching workload will be doubling over the next few months, so I expect my blog posts to be shorter and more sporadic than usual.…
Several of my friends have lost loved ones recently, so I’ve been thinking a lot about death and springtime, and how in some ways it’s…
I love efficiency. If you’re familiar with the Myers-Briggs personality types, I’m an INFJ. I’m particularly strong on the I and J, which means I’m…
Below is a second guest post by my friend and fellow writer Kay Henden (see “I Loved the Stories,” posted Jan. 2, 2015). We met…