After an 11 year nagging campaign, I finally made it to Bruges last weekend. It’s a lovely city to wander around, small and so perfectly preserved you feel as if you’ve stumbled into a fairy tale. […]
Want to write a book and wondering where to start? Ask yourself these five questions before you go any further. WHY? Writing a book is a lot of hard work for uncertain rewards, so make […]
Think a book is created by one person? Think again. Writing a book is only the start of the process. It has to be edited, copy edited, and proof read. The cover has to be […]
When I’m not writing, or editing, or teaching, or going out for coffee, or planning a trip away or sitting in one of York’s many bars, all of which takes up a disproportionate amount […]
Pavement was one of the two principal market places of medieval York, its importance since earliest times reflected in the fact that it was one of the first paved areas in the city (hence its […]
I’ve been thinking about the past a lot recently. Not the distant past, for once, but my personal past. For more than 20 years, I’ve been writing romances as Jessica Hart, and I’ve just self-published […]
Walmgate Bar is one of the four great gateways into York and the only one that still retains its barbican. Although Walmgate is a very ancient street, this part of the city was not enclosed […]
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