Category Archives: Books

Picking up the breadcrumb trail…

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Wandering the backroads that meander through the hills between Staffordshire and Derbyshire was something I had been promising myself for a while. The map is the last thing on my mind… I just point the car in a generally northerly … Continue reading →

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Divination by the book

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There is an ancient art of divination knows as bibliomancy…divination by books. It has been around a long time…the I Ching, the Chinese Book of Changes, has been in use for at least three thousand years, and who knows how … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs III… Stuart France

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Brown, Black, Grey and Red, All men and women end up dead.’ It seems to me that this rather macabre Fionn tale, adapted from a collection made by Jeremiah Curtin and first published under the title, ‘Myths and Folk-Lore … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Jessica Bakkers – A work in progress…

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent has very kindly asked me to write a piece for her site to introduce myself to WordPress. As a relatively newcomer to WP, I am staggered by the incredible kindness and welcoming warmth of the WP community and … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Angie Dokos – Cocktails and Distraction

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Once upon a time there was a young woman with a passion for writing. When her oldest daughter was a senior in high school, they developed a plan to write, edit, format, and publish a book together as a project. … Continue reading →

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Black … Stuart France

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …As the lot had fallen to Black to go on the second watch, he set a flame to his brand and went off into the night upon Brown’s return, with Fin’s dog, Bran, padding softly behind him. Black wandered … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Jim Webster – Tallis Steelyard on Etiquette

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It must be confessed that as a Poet I have to accept that I am not regarded as entirely a gentleman. I don’t think it specifically states this in any of the many books of etiquette with which Port Naain … Continue reading →

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Book Launch – 13 Steps to Evil by Sacha Black

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Your hero is not the most important character in your book. Your villain is. Are you fed up of drowning in two-dimensional villains? Frustrated with creating clichés? And failing to get your reader to root for your villain? In 13 … Continue reading →

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D. G. Kaye – An interview with Diana Peach

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from D.G. Kaye: Who Has a New Book?   I’m thrilled to welcome today’s featured author, friend and guest, Diana Wallace Peach. Diana is a dynamo author who writes and produces books at lightning speed these days. She has … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs II… Stuart France

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … A very different Fionn tale (to give him his correct nomenclature), adapted from one of Ella Young’s re-tellings. The full cycle of tales from which this one is drawn are available in, The Tangle Coated Horse, and although … Continue reading →

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