Magpie – Research Part 1
So, where do you get your ideas from? Writers are often asked this. Anywhere, everywhere and from anything is the short(ish) reply. The longer answer is that inspiration is a fleeting and ephemeral thing. Disparate strands float around and then crash into each other until impossible to ignore. While writing The Sea Glass Necklace, set in a […]
A fairly benign addiction
I can’t walk past a museum without popping in. A completely legal addiction and a lot of fun. Favourites include the Museum of Costume in Bath and the august Victoria and Albert – can’t resist the miniature portraits – tiny jewel-like things painted with squirrel hair. It doesn’t have to be a large or […]
