Category Archives: Books

Guest author: Judy Penz Sheluk – Discovering Tarot

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

If you’ll pardon the pun, tarot was never in the cards when I began writing Skeletons in the Attic. I knew I’d have a protagonist, Calamity (Callie) Barnstable, who would be thrust into the position of finding out what happened … Continue reading →

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Of Men and Women… Stuart France

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Hitherto… Men have treated Women like birds strayed down from on high… * As beings more fragile more savage stranger and sweeter more soulful… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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The Unteachable… Stuart France

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Learning does that which all nourishment which is not merely a preservative does… It transforms. * But deep down there is something Adamantine and formidable in us. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Rock ‘n’ Roll… Stuart France

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Roll… * * Away… * * …The Stone.   Reblogged from Stuart France

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…Head Stone… Stuart France

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Let my head stone be a book That I might lie  and turn page-after-page day-after-day for the rest-of-time… * Reblogged from Stuart France

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Barb Taub’s #BookReview of Hundreds of Tiny Threads and The Howarth Family Trilogy by @JudithBarrow77 #Family #HistFic

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Barb Taub: Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.—Simone Signoret In my last post here, I talked about why I could never do a … Continue reading →

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Jewel inn the Court… Stuart France

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* * It was not as though we could have stumbled across it unawares… * * Even following the map we emerged into the square, which held the round, like mice from a labyrinth… * * Continue reading at Stuart … Continue reading →

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A Voice Called Can’t III… Stuart France

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “The Matter of Britain!” “I know,” muses Wen, pensively, “People think it’s just Arthur and all that.” “But before Arthur was a king or a British War Hero, ‘he’ was a constellation.” “I know,” says Wen, again. “The … Continue reading →

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Albion… Stuart France

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …And then we come across the church. Cue mass excitement as we take in all the Giants, which appear to sprout from every orifice… The body of the church you see is an education in itself. You probably already … Continue reading →

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Of Truth and Legend… Stuart France

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘The Silver Well: Legend says that St Augustine once visited Dorset. While there he met some shepherds grazing their flocks and asked them whether they would prefer beer or water to drink. The temperate shepherds replied ‘water’ whereupon St. … Continue reading →

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