by Nia Beynon | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I was in my late thirties, I had two young children and a demanding job as a cross-curriculum manager at a large further education college. Balancing work and motherhood meant I sometimes had to make sacrifices, and I spent a lot of time feeling guilty about...
by jenna | Jan 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Ideas Patchwork It takes more than a single lightbulb moment to create a book. One idea can sustain a short story, but a novel of 80,000 words or more needs layers, sub plots and a breadth of characters and moments of action. The Man She Married inched its way...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello, I’m so excited to tell you about the Tudor characters in my new book, The House of Echoes. My Tudor protagonist is Anne Brandon, the daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and stepdaughter of Princess Mary Tudor, the youngest sister of Henry VIII and the...
by Claire | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Don’t miss Lynette Rees’ ‘The Cobbler’s Apprentice’! When I was writing The Cobbler’s Apprentice, a small cobbler shop I remembered from childhood, came to mind. It was known as ‘Eggaford’s’. I’ve no idea who the family who...
by jenna | Jan 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Real Life Inspiration Behind A Love Like No Other A Love Like No Other is a personal story and one close to my heart, but it is by no means autobiographical. The book follows the fictional characters of Pippa, Georgie, Sienna and Connie as they navigate the...
by Nia Beynon | Dec 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Don’t miss Tracy Baines’ The Seaside Girls Under Fire! There’s nothing quite like getting a pie in the face to make the audience laugh, is there? Many moons ago, in my other life, I was company assistant stage manager for the pantomime at the Fulcrum...
