• Every Day is Valentine’s Day

    (when you let it pass you by and you go oops) Writing historical romance is fun, and by fun I mean: am I being anachronistic in making Valentine’s Day into… Read more

  • Travelling in the Regency Era

    Did they experience boat lag? Carriage lag? Maybe! About one hundred years ago, I arrived back in Ireland from my Christmas visit to the States. What do you mean, it… Read more

  • International Animal Rights Day

    …is today, 10 December! Well, I mean, I was always going to default to my top three alphas, right? I was also going to start this off by writing, ‘Apropos… Read more

  • Anatomy of a Narrative

    In which I tell a story about telling a story… Without telling too much of the story itself! It’s almost time for my annual Christmas holiday to the States to… Read more

  • Clearing Your Way

    It’s an rare full moon situation right now, so make the most of it! Funnily enough, I ended up on the hiring-out-goats-to-clear-other-people’s-weeds side of TikTok today, and my takeaway is:… Read more

  • <Insert Swift Pun Here>

    Felicity turned and regarded the habillements draping every surface in the dressing room. “I cannot comprehend how you managed to produce all this in so little time.” “I have yet… Read more

  • The Last Wednesday of May is Otter Day

    In which I realise I don’t know anything about otters in this part of the world. Happy Otter Day! Who doesn’t love an otter, am I right? I am here… Read more

  • Celebrate Our Apian Pals

    Er, one day late. World Bee Day was 20 May. Yesterday, I got it together enough to make this lil graphic and post it on Facebook and Insta. Sorry, beloved… Read more

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