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

Poems by Lois

Off to dark Night and Chaos!

I shared a sonnet by the Victorian poet, Henry Ellison a couple of days ago… here are his thoughts on railway engines:   The Steam-Engine Off, ye Mastodons, Megalosauroi vast And monstrous, Nature’s ruder tentatives; Her clumsier essays, of which nought survives But fossil-bones–dread nightmares of the Past, Which her less skilful hand in rude moulds […]

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Poems by Lois

Strangely Botched Endings

This must be one of the most unusual titles to a Victorian sonnet that there is! On the Strangely Botched Endings of Some of Shakespear’s Sonnets O lame and impotent conclusion! ‘Tis As some full stream should run not to the sea, But lose itself in sand, or stagnant be; Or proud steed his last […]

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