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Busy editing ‘Loving Judah’ which I wrote several years ago and I can now see that when I wrote it I ‘became’ Aislin McManus… whoa! I am not Aislin… she’s a completely different person, married to Peter and living in Yorkshire. This has partly happened because although not in the first person, the whole narrative […]
MoreThis is the opening of my next novel which is set in Yorkshire. ; it is very different from the previous two: They sat at the kitchen table, the flame from the candle flickering slightly in the draught. It was a round, fat creamy coloured candle set in a saucer between them. It was very cold […]
MoreI am thrilled at the response I have had for my first two novels published as e-books, ‘Farholm’ and ‘Rosa’, but now I’m thinking of what to publish next. I am thinking of ‘Loving Judah’, which – although there is some action, is really a love story. The hook is what the ending will be… will he, […]
MoreEndings are vital… satisfactory endings are compulsory but beginnings have to leap off the page and grab your reader. The words have to mesmerise them and pull them in under your spell. My favourite book: “The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn’t dropped dead at Taunton races Jim would never have come to Thursgood’s at all.” […]
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Lois Elsden 