The fascination and process of using the amnesia trope
A quick search on Amazon for “amnesia historical romance” produces over 300 results. If you cut out the historical and go for “amnesia...
Whatsisname? An author's game of choices
I’ve spoken before of my obsession with names. Agonising over what title to use and what surnames to bestow upon my characters is another...
YouTube mayhem, or an author’s guide to tecchie horrors
For a while now I’ve been trying to figure out how to do excerpt readings of my books on YouTube. Prior to the figuring, I was thinking...
The Butler – A Personification of Englishness
In the nether regions of any aristocratic household, be it Carson of Downton Abbey or Hudson of Upstairs Downstairs, the Butler reigned...