I have been researching and writing a series of posts on the local history of the village where I live in southwest France. You can read them here: A Short History of La Guepia Part 1 An overview of the history of the area. A History of La Guepia Part 2 Charting the Albigensian Crusade…
Author: Tracey Warr
Author of historical novels and books on contemporary art.
Christmas recipes and scenes
In case you missed these posts last year, I’m resharing. Each one has a Christmas scene from one of my novels and a medieval recipe. Happy Christmas! https://traceywarr.substack.com/p/medieval-christmas https://traceywarr.substack.com/p/medieval-christmas-2 https://traceywarr.substack.com/p/medieval-christmas-3
Father Christmas in Space
Read my History Writers Advent post on Christmas bells to find out about Father Christmas in space and the history of Christmas bells. Happy Christmas to you! https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas-bells-special-guest-post-by.html
Advent Calendar for History Fans
I am participating in an online Advent Calendar with daily entries throughout December by history and historical fiction writers, led by author Tony Riches. Watch out for my contribution on Christmas Bells later this month. Here are the first entries – what’s behind today’s door!: 1 December Tony Riches on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol…
Curling up with a book at Christmas
It’s December! Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Tra la la la la, la la la la. Curling up with a book in the winter holidays, perhaps in front of a logfire and the glinting Christmas tree, and/or in your Christmas jumper and socks, or with a glass of port – whatever appeals to…
Medieval Murder in Toulouse
I launched my novel, Love’s Knife, in France last weekend and promised to post the slideshow. Here it is. Images are numbered to coincide with the images in the text of my talk. Tracey Warr, Writing Medieval Murder at Library Lit, Parisot Library, 82160 France Saturday 16 November 2024 [1 title slide] Love’s Knife [2 slide] has been…
Writing: From 0 to 90,000 words
I am launching my new novel at Parisot Library in France this Saturday, 16 November 10.30am (in case you are in the vicinity). I will be talking about my various strategies for getting from 0 to 90,000 words, which, in the case of this novel involved salt lakes in the Camargue, chapels in the Pyrenees,…
Competition for Book Reviewers
Many of us don’t get around to posting reviews of the books we’ve enjoyed. It takes a bit of time to craft a well-worded review, but we writers are very grateful for the ones we do receive and even those with critiques can be very helpful for us. As a book reviewer myself (mostly for Historical…
Starting to write: Old and new beginnings
My new novel, Love’s Knife, a medieval murder mystery, was published last month. I started writing it 10 years ago during a month-long writing residency in the Pyrenees. It’s been a long time brewing. I just came across a series of blogposts from those weeks of having the initial idea for the novel and am…
Time-Sensitive Historical Fiction
Today is the last day that you can buy my new novel, Love’s Knife, as an ebook on amazon.co.uk for a mere £0.99. The price goes back to its normal £4.99 in 17 hours or so. It’s also available as a paperback. Love’s Knife is a medieval murder mystery set in Toulouse at the turn…
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