Since I started writing the Little Somerby books, I've not really managed to write to music, although music is definitely an influence. I have it on when I drive, and since that's when I often do my plotting (while keeping my eyes firmly on the road, of course!), often, songs come onto the radio or… Continue reading Musical Musings
Tag: ruralmance
Someone pinch me…
...I must be dreaming. This can't be happening to me, the girl, and then the woman, whose head was always somewhere different to her body. The girl who wrote stories from the moment she could pick up a pen, spent many years playing with characters that other people had invented and then, in the throes… Continue reading Someone pinch me…
Pestilence and the picturesque.
Well, OK, so perhaps pestilence is a bit of an exaggeration, but I did have to take a day off school today because I was at the infectious stage of impetigo, which is a bit inconvenient. For those not in the know, impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection that causes lesions and scabs,… Continue reading Pestilence and the picturesque.
I think I’ve been left-handed again…and written this book series backwards!
Being a south paw has always had its own peculiar challenges; pens in banks that are on the wrong side, bumping wrists with fellow students in the classroom, now that I'm a teacher no student being able to read my handwriting, ticking 'backwards', turning the page at a right angle, having the bowler shout 'left… Continue reading I think I’ve been left-handed again…and written this book series backwards!
Fantasy launch party…
Perhaps I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but after reading Ali Harris' account of the very enjoyable sounding launch of her latest novel Written in the Stars, I couldn't help but turn my mind to the possibility of a book launch party, if and when Far From the Tree gets published. I'm lucky to live in… Continue reading Fantasy launch party…
wonderfulbritain: As the Sun Sinks by Doolallyally on Flickr. Gorgeous panorama of a beautiful landscape.
w0mb4ts: Photo 25-01-2014 14 12 51 on Flickr. Another idyllic shot of Somerset. Gorgeous!
A Fine Ruralmance – but what is it?
I like to think I’ve invented the term, but not the genre. Put simply, ‘ruralmance’ is a sub genre of romantic fiction where the story is predominantly set in a rural or countryside location. I’m currently working on my first novel, Far From the Tree, that is firmly in that sub genre!
Fay Keenan 