Like a Highland Bull
Held a Meet the Authors morning at the local library with my friend Val Hughes, who writes childrens’ stories, paints and writes poetry, a busy lady who always has time for others. It wasn’t as […]
Bees in my Bonnet / Books / Character Development / Short Story / Stuarts / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
Talking about the Stuarts
What I want to do next is to finish the Fergus Findlay, Drover trilogy, then follow Miss Kirkwood through to her retirement and becoming the Cairndhu matriarch. It takes Peggy through the lean thirties and […]
Superteen and the Cat Girl
I’ve added a short story to the pages. The story won a third prize in the Writers’ Forum magazine so I’m quite pleased with it. I have also had printed, through Kindle, three novels; What […]
Apathetic
I read recently that winning the battle at Prestonpans gave the Jacobites military control of Scotland. In other words, 5000 Highlanders could dictate to the whole of Scotland on pain of being slaughtered and their […]
Thistledown
I’m closing in on the Jacobites but had to stop to finish the rewrite and publishing of Thistledown, a novel set in the Highlands of Scotland in the years just after Waterloo. I was first […]
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The Lowlanders outlook at Culloden
I want to write about the Stuarts from their victim’s point of view and Culloden is a good place to start. A great deal has been written on Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders, all […]
Journalism; What’s important about letters
The first step towards journalism is to decide what journal you want to write for. It is possible to write and look for a publication but that can be a ‘needle in haystack’ search. The […]
Culloden Glory
Why Bonnie Prince Charlie had to fight Culloden.
Why Journalism
I’m moving along to do some non-fiction again because it opened up so many character sketches and short story lines as well as being enjoyable and getting me involved with other people. Let me do […]
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Relief
I had a conversation with someone who was giving a talk on Jacobite uprisings and Bonnie Prince Charlie’s amazing escape. When I suggested maybe the British Navy didn’t want to catch him and were relieved […]
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