

BUSINESS KNOWHOW Making money from writing (part t.SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE Winner Stephanie Cotela.REPRESENTATION International Day of Women and Girl.SPECIAL FEATURE Dyslexia, neurodivergence & wasted. A rip-roaring historical adventure set at the time of the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot winner of the Historical Association Young.As you might guess, or else know from your own experience, writing historical fiction is research-intensive. Any online forays I make are pretty much always in the pursuit of needing to do a bit more research.

I’m pretty disciplined at not heading off for some distraction therapy on social media or via Google while I’m in this zone. Desperate, he makes a deal with a man known only as the Falcon. Twelve-year old Tom Garnett learns that his father is to be executed for doing what any decent human being would. But I can’t have it on when I’m in editing mode. Black Powder Ally Sherrick Chicken House, Dh32 Suitable for readers age 10+ Under the reign of King James, Catholics in England fear for their lives. When I’m laying down the first draft of a story, music is great for powering me on. Favourites in the past have included music from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Game of Thrones, The Tudors, Westworld and yes, you guessed it – Gladiator, which happens to be one of my all-time favourite movies too. Depending on the stage I’m at with my WIP, I might have Spotify up and running playing music from a story-playlist I’ve created, or more likely an album of film music. This is peak time-travelling time for me, when I’m immersed in the world of my story, except for the half hour when I surface for lunch.
