SICK HEART RIVER
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | 2 Comments »[caption id="attachment_818" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Magdelena Fjord"][/caption] I have just finished reading SICK HEART RIVER by John Buchan. It has been on my bookshelves since 11th September 1942 !! Oh, yes I have read it before, but just lately I had an urge to ...
Jessica Blair’s Novels
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY | No Comments »Jessica Blair's novels are now in hardback, paperback, ebook, audio download and large print. Website jessicablair.co.uk
Antiques Roadshow
Friday, July 29th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Other Side Of Me | 1 Comment »Yesterday I was in York for the Antiques Roadshow, held in the Museum Gardens. I had two interviews which seemed to go OK. The interviewers were great and all the team most helpful and obliging. Fortunately I had appointments otherwise ...
Publishing Day
Thursday, July 21st, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »Two of my novels, by Jessica Blair, SEALED SECRETS, and WINGS OF SORROW published today as Digital Downloads by Hachette Digital. Originally published in hardback and paperback by Piatkus
Writing World keeps turning
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »A beautiful morning. I went for a walk. Blue sky with a hint of whispy clouds and no wind. Peace and tranquility enveloped the countryside and me. It made me think that if everybody in the world could experience this ...
Writing and Golf.
Monday, July 18th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, The Writing World | No Comments »Worked on the copy-edited script of THE ROAD BENEATH ME yesterday and today. Got it finished and the relevant pages off to my publisher. Great relief that that is out of the way. Tomorrow it will be back to the ...
A Writer’s Life
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, Work in Hand | No Comments »I'm half way (50,000 words) into my new novel. Itching to get on with it. Progress interupted by having to check the edited copy of THE ROAD BENEATH ME which is wanted by the publisher, Piatkus, by 26th. Rain helped today ...
Write, write, write
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, Work in Hand | No Comments »It's all go at the moment. Novel is nearly half way so progress is good. Just arrived - copy-edited script of THE ROAD BENEATH ME. Publisher wants it checked and back by 26th July. Books for review keep coming. so ...
Downloads
Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »Great news from publisher; 2 Jessica Blair novels (unabridged) will be available for download via iTunes and Audible on July 21st and 10 more at the end of August. My new novel with the background of 1912 to 1946 is going ...
English Ruins
Monday, June 6th, 2011 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, DIARY | No Comments »I have placed on my bookshelf ENGLISH RUINS by Jeremy Musson, Photographs by Paul Barker (Merrell £30) It is a suberb book and reminds us that ruins link us with the past and that fascinating stories are embedded in the stones and ...