Category Archives: Books

The candidates – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There are some interesting posts in Port Naain that would suit the right applicant. One of these is the role of Priest of the Temple of Aea in her Aspect as the Healer. Because the Temple is the personal property … Continue reading →

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A Bibliomantic Tale III… Stuart France

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* The Great Orme: summit. * Tee minus One-Zero hours and counting… “Pages Four-Four and Four-Five.” “It’ll have to be Nine.” * No 9 (Light) ‘I saw that God never began to love us… We have always been in God’s … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Sarah Zama – Femme Fatale

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The object of desire: the voiceless power of the noir femme fatale America in the 1940s was a time of huge social change. WWII transformed the dynamics of American society in many ways – not least, gender roles and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fiction, Guest post, History, writing | Tagged femme fatales, powerful women, roaring twenties, women | 7 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Getting there…

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We took our time getting organised, intending to take a leisurely drive cross-country… perhaps stopping along the way, wherever the spirit moved us. In the spirit of the planned walk-and-talk weekend, the prisoners had escaped and were heading for the … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Books, Landscape, mystery, Photography, Silent Eye weekend workshop, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged Bibliomancy, cconsciousness, inner help, interpretatiion, listening to the land, LLannnndudno, Wales | 12 Comments

A Yorkshire legend

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“What’s the story, Merlin?” asked Jamie, gazing up from his cross-legged position on the floor, very like a small boy waiting for a treat. Merlin settled himself in an armchair, with the young people at his feet. For a moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged folklore, lake, legend, myth, Semer water | 9 Comments

Guest author: Suzanne Rogerson – 5 ways spreadsheets can help writers plan and edit their novels

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I’ve always loved using excel spreadsheets, which probably goes back to my office job days (yawn!). But it was only as I recently plotted and planned the second book in my Silent Sea Chronicles, that I wondered if other writers … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, writing | Tagged blog tour, bookrelease, editing, epic fantasy, planning a novel, sword and sorcery, using excel spreadsheets, writing tips | 31 Comments

Who is Tallis Steelyard?

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes: Today we welcome Tallis Steelyard to our blog. He has kindly come along with another of his lovely stories. This image is a painting by the great Frank Frazetta, an artist my … Continue reading →

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A walk on the wild side…

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We could see the back of our destination from the graveyard. To be fair, we’d had no intention of visiting a graveyard…not this time at least. We had sort of hoped the local church was attached to it, but no … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Yecheilyah Ysrayl – Speaking it into existence

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

This picture was taken last year at a restaurant in Atlanta. I had just finished a book signing for the release of Book 3 in The Stella Trilogy and was to act in the stage-play Blakk Amerika: From Prophets to … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Wendy Janes – Turning negatives into positives

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Thank you to Sue for inviting me to write a post for her lovely blog. There are occasions when we feel we’re not getting anywhere or we’ve taken a wrong turn. Such negative situations can be really demoralising, but they … Continue reading →