Lois Elsden
WRITER
Stepping away from cosy
I get all sorts of inspiration from all sorts of different sources, and not just inspiration for story lines, characters, settings, but also how I approach my plots, how I structure my work, how I set up the dramatic events and situations. I have mentioned before that I have been watching Borgen, the Danish political […]
MoreA gimlet eye
I used the word ‘gimlet’ when I was writing yesterday – a character uses it actually and he gets to wonder what the origin is and if a gimlet is a little gim. I’m not sure I exactly knew what it was or its origin, thinking it might be something sharp and pointed, possibly like a […]
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Challenge
I cut this picture out of a magazine some years ago, fascinated by these girls’ faces. They are Japanese schoolgirls from many years ago, pre-war I guess, and although they look so solemn, no doubt they were told to be so for the camera, they have such personalities shining out of their still faces. I have […]
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Nunney Castle
Walking from the village car park, you come across the castle… The moat is as clear as a bell,and fishes swim and dragonflies playThe windows of Nunney Castle reflected in the moat
MoreStreet market!
This street market was just near the River Frome, in Frome in Somerset. Now you might think the name of the river rhymed with ‘foam’, but in fact it rhymes with broom, as does the town, so it sounds like Froom. The town must be named after the river, because Frome comes from an old British word describing a […]
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