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 Nia Beynon | Mar 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
As someone who LOVES a romcom – books, films, TV shows – I had a blast writing I Knew You Were Trouble. I packed in all my fave romcom elements – an unusual meet cute, a pacy revenge plot, fabulous supporting characters, an ‘Everywoman’ heroine to champion and a...
by Nia Beynon | Mar 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I started writing Playing for Keeps in Starr’s Fall, I was excited to explore the world of boardgame cafés because I’ve loved going to a few different ones with my children and discovering new games. But what really took me down memory lane was the character of...
by jenna | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Shadow on the Bridge – A Murder Mystery My book ideas evolve in various ways, but The Shadow on the Bridge was an amazing lightbulb moment. One day whilst driving on the outskirts of Thetford (in Norfolk), I spotted a sign for the Nuns’ Bridges and I soon fell...
by Nia Beynon | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the early 17th Century, the mixed orchard, meadow, pasture and arable land referred to as “the Convent Garden” was owned by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of St Peter, Westminster lying between modern-day St Martin’s Lane, Drury Lane, and...
by Submissions at Boldwood | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse is out today! I grew up in a close-knit farming community in rural Lancashire in the sixties and seventies and spent many long, happy days on my grandparents’ farm – bringing in the cows for milking, collecting eggs, feeding calves...
