Lancelot Sawthell
It’s always a shock of recognition when I’m working on the records and come across a character I’ve put in a book. Anyone remember Hawise and Elizabeth giggling about poor Lancelot Sawghell at the beginning […]
It’s always a shock of recognition when I’m working on the records and come across a character I’ve put in a book. Anyone remember Hawise and Elizabeth giggling about poor Lancelot Sawghell at the beginning […]
I was in Paris on 13th February to mark the launch of La nuit n’oubliera pas, the general paperback edition of Time’s Echo in French. It was a great occasion, and I had the pleasure […]
I’m just back from Atlanta where Time’s Echo was nominated for one of Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® awards. It didn’t win – that honour went to Simone St James and The Haunting of […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’m thrilled to announce that Time’s Echo is a finalist in the prestigious RITA® contest run by Romance Writers of America®. The RITAs are the romance writing world’s equivalent to the Oscars (or so I’ve […]
Lately the news seems to have been full of exciting archaeological excavations, most notably the discovery of Richard III’s remains under a Leicester car park (as you might imagine, I’m in favour of him being […]
Finding the right name for a character is one of the most important stages in writing a book, particularly when it comes to historical fiction when names must feel authentic. I’m often asked where I found […]
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