In the latest issue of Historical Novels Review, Frances Spufford in an interview says, he tries to find details when writing his novels, ‘the kind that go straight to the reader’s senses. The ones that tell you what it was like being a body in a particular time and a place.’ Spufford’s alternative history novel…
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Historical Novel Society 2026 Conference, Maynooth, Ireland
The HNS 2026 conference in photos. Friday and Saturday: First column: The Great Hall, Maynooth Castle; Kerbstone at Newgrange Passage Tomb; Almost the whole group on the Newgrange and Knowth excursion; Me presenting on Vikings and Normans in Ireland; Aidan K. Morrissey talking about archaeology and fiction. Second column: Terence Dooley telling the tragic story…
Opening Chapters
Brief interview with me on writing the opening for a historical novel here:
Christmas Lines
A little out of season … but this flash fiction of mine has just been published by Vine Leaves Press.
Just Meandering in March
The latest issue of my quarterly newsletter is out today.
Superfecundation
The latest post on my Trobairitz Sleuth research blog is about attitudes to twin births in the Middle Ages. I’m writing about a woman who bore two sets of twins and who may have been a twin herself.
Just Meandering – May issue
I’ve just posted the latest issue of my newsletter, Just Meandering, which includes: If you aren’t on my newsletter mailing list yet, you can sign up here: https://justmeandering.substack.com/
Medieval Poisons and Magic
I’m deep into writing Book 2 in the Trobairitz Sleuth series of medieval murder mysteries. I’ve been researching medieval poisonings in the British Library and medieval magic via Medievalists.net. My recent post on the poisons research is on Substack: https://traceywarr.substack.com/p/the-poison-tree You can read about Book 1 in the Trobairitz Sleuth series on Tony Riches’ Blog:…
Rings and Revenants
I’m 30,000 words into writing my latest medieval murder mystery novel, which is taking me and my characters into the Pyrenees at the end of the 11th century. I’m having fun researching and writing with medieval seals, jewellery, portable altars, the salt trade, and revenants (that one’s a touch grim – reanimated corpses). Sign up…
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,…
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