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

Bushmills revisited

Pubs and and pints... beer, wine and spirits by LoisMarch 31, 2015September 13, 2018

Typewriters

Writing by LoisMarch 31, 2015September 15, 2018

Rapty

Names, naming and words by LoisMarch 31, 2015

TV, radio, film and theatre by LoisMarch 30, 2015

Movies

As a kid we used to go to the movies quite a lot – except we would be going to the flicks, not the movies! I did occasionally go to the Saturday morning children’s films, but not very often. I really began to go regularly when I went to Manchester, to the Poly and then most […]

Names, naming and words by LoisMarch 30, 2015March 30, 2015

An escargatoire of snails

I wonder if other languages have as many collective nouns as English does – and sometimes there are several collective nouns for each group of whatever it is. For example what I might have called a clump of snails when I saw this pile of molluscs in the car park is actually an escargatoire of snails… […]