Lois

I am a writer living in the west of England; I have written fourrteen novels, my latest being 'Winterdyke' This is the latest of the seven Radwinter genealogical mysteries series, all available on Amazon - the eighth in the series due to appear in early summer. I have written seven other novels, a guide to writing, three stories for reluctant readers and two anthologies with other writers. All are available as eBooks and paperbacks. I hope my blog will engage you with my other interests, music, family history travel, and food... Most of all I hope you engage with my writing and my thoughts on the process... at least, on my process!! You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Books by Lois

The Etymologicon

My son gave me a book called ‘The Etymologicon’ for Christmas last year but it’s been a busy year and I’ve only just got round to reading it. it’s written by the Inky Fool (what a delightful name!) who is Mark Forsyth and is subtitled ‘A circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language’. I […]

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Writing a novel in a month… dare I?

Thanks to a WordPress blog, National Novel writing month has been drawn to my attention… http://4amwriter.com/2012/10/22/writers-start-your-engines/ I’ve read about it before but never more than vaguely contemplated doing it. However, having decided that ‘Loving Judah’ will be published on October 31st, maybe I should set myself a new challenge for November. I have decided my next published book will be ‘Night Vision’… but that comes from […]

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Reigate

  These charming nineteenth or early twentieth century photographs were taken by the famous Francis Frith of Reigate for the brewers, White, Tomkins and Courage, and I would guess they were on a calendar. Reigate was the nearest large town to Bletchingley where the Colgates had lived since the middle of the nineteenth century; these places would have been very familiar to them!

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