Lois Elsden
WRITER
Exciting times… part 2, down in Taunton with the BBC!
As a self-published author, I have to generate my own publicity. At first I thought that might be easier said than done, but as a writer I have to be imaginative and creative so I have applied those skills in trying to promote FARHOLM. Last week I had a great write up and a photo […]
MoreSalting Beans
I was looking through the names I had taken from the memorial on the Menin Gate, thousands upon thousands of them, names of the fallen I had downloaded while researching the Colgates and Props. I looked looking down our road, down Thornbury Drive and in 1918 every other house may had a dead or injured […]
MoreKevin Montgomery & The RoadTrippers with Chris Cook
Devon – January 28th 2005 It goes without saying that it was another fab night with Kevin and the lads! You are just guaranteed to have a great time seeing them live! The venue was at Shebbear College in deepest darkest Devon. The organizers at the college very kindly supplied me with details and a […]
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Where on earth do they come from?
I’m often asked where my characters come from… well, I’m not sure I actually know. In FARHOLM, I don’t know where Deke or Michael came from, they arrived after Nathan Flynn, the pirate, and I do know where he came from. I had a vivid dream of a pirate, a dashing handsome, big man, with […]
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The Mavericks… O What A Thrill
The Mavericks – April 2004 Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Driving up to Coventry on a sunny Thursday afternoon I began to think I was mad. It was a two-hour drive, see the boys, back home in the early hours of Friday, work all day, then off to Oxford to see them again! I was looking forward to meeting […]
MoreKevin Montgomery & The Road Trippers with Jeff Finlin
Cardiff and Bristol- April 2004 On a pleasant evening in April, 2004, I found my way to the Point, an old converted chapel in the middle of a new dockside development, a great venue! I knew I was going to have a good time seeing the Roadtrippers in Cardiff; I had been lucky enough to see them […]
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