Friday, June 25, 2010

Embalmed in Honey

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As an author of 17 novels and a dozen short stories, the most frequent question I get asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" Well...
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Sunday, May 09, 2010

Introducing Threptus

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I am hoping to write a Roman Mysteries spin-off series starring a beggar boy called Threptus. He appears in The Man from Pomegranate Street ...
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Advice from "Old Timers"

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How do you research the Western genre when you live in London? Last month my husband and I attended the Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Mu...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Cowboy Movies

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I've just spent three days at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival , doing research and making connections for my new seri...

Top 3 Westerns?

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Which three Western movies do you think might be the most popular among real cowboys and cowboy re-enactors? Go on. Have a guess. Then read...
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Cowboy Poetry

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What is Cowboy Poetry? Yvonne Hollenbeck I'm in the lobby of La Quinta Inn in Newhall, California, waiting for a shuttle to take m...

High Noon at the Cowboy Festival

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I've been looking forward to the Santa Clarita Cowboy festival for over a year. It's at the Melody Ranch where lots of famous Wester...
Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Dubai Lit Fest '10

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If you should find yourself having tea at the Burj Al Arab this weekend, take a moment to glance at the person at the next table - there...
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Friday, April 02, 2010

Winged Sandals!

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. In my interview with Lucy Coats on her first MYTHIC INTERVIEW FRIDAY , she asked me which power I would like to have - and what I would do...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Beckham as Achilles

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In the talk I give at schools, How to Write a Great Story , I always start by telling them about Achilles and his heel and why it is necessa...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Shooting Soap

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Every historical author needs at least one good expert source. One of mine is 'Hawkeye', a British gun-dealer and expert on Civil Wa...
Sunday, March 07, 2010

Get the bang right

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I am having another fun session shooting cap & ball Colts today at a shooting club in South London. My mentor - let's call him Hawke...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Ivory Bangle Lady - My Story

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Sometimes I miss Rome so much I think I might die. I loved growing up there. The life, the colour, the warmth, the sophistication. My fam...
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