by chris-admin | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog
I am inspired by places that I’ve been to and memories I bring back with me when I write, so I’ve asked some of my fellow Choc-Lit and Ruby Fiction Authors to tell us about their memorable places. This time it is Carol Thomas, author of Maybe Baby...
by chris-admin | Nov 20, 2019 | Blog
My novel, The House That Alice Built is set in Cascais in Portugal. Just being there set’s Alice’s mind free, allowing her to experience another way of life and see thing from a different perspective. Some of us have travel in our blood and my friend and...
by chris-admin | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
My novel, The House That Alice Built is set in Cascais in Portugal, and it is one of the stars of the book. Images of it and other places I visit pop into my head and I often use them in my writing – it’s like I’ve filed them away for future use and...
by chris-admin | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
It took me 8 years from starting to write The House That Alice Built to getting it published. The support of people who encouraged me to carry on was very important, and my friend and colleague, BBC Essex presenter, Tony Fisher was one of those . He read my first...
by chris-admin | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog
Where are the places that inspire you? My novel, The House That Alice Built is set in Cascais in Portugal, and thee sights and sounds of the place have imprinted themselves on my mind ever since I lived there and are a big part of the book. And as I’ve begun to write...
by chris-admin | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog
In my novel, The House That Alice Built, Alice has had to put her creative talents to one side in order to earn money to pay for the renovations and mortgage on her beloved house. When she goes to Portugal, she gradually begins to find that part of her...
