by Niamh Wallace | Mar 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of the most enjoyable things, for me, about writing Regency romance is the dialogue. It’s so incredible rich and flexible, and conveys such a lot. A character can easily use several different registers in the same chapter – my hero will speak in one way to his friends, another to his servants, and yet another to the heroine. Women and men employ different words; British English isn’t like that any more, though other languages are. There are strict rules and social conventions governing vocabulary, and who can say what to whom, but the great thing about rules is the pleasure to be had in breaking them. And they can be surprisingly useful in advancing the plot. In one of my novels, the heroine reveals that she’s involved in a scandalous relationship with the hero just by using his first name carelessly, even though what she actually says is completely innocent.
by Niamh Wallace | Feb 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted by Rebecca Raisin is out now 📖🇫🇷✨ When I took a solitary trip to Paris, I had a lot of time to people-watch and soak up my surroundings without the usual cacophony of my own family by my side. I’d wander the wind-swept...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley is out now 💚 Get your copy! In my mid-twenties I lived opposite a small community theatre and art centre. One day I noticed a sign up outside with the tantalising words Learn Stained Glass in a Day. I thought to myself,...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley is out now 💚 Get your copy! When I decided to set The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape in the south of France I spent quite a bit of time researching Aix-en-Provence and the subtle light there that inspired many French...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
An Italian Island Secret by Victoria Springfield is an atmospheric and escapist novel about a long-held family secret on the island of Ischia. 🌞🇮🇹✨ Hollywood, Bollywood, Cannes and…Ischia. The island off the coast of Naples where An Italian Island Secret is set isn’t...
