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walking the Mean Streets of Medieval York
Category: Shop Talk
Shop Talk: Patience and Trust vs Outline
Once upon a time, at the very beginning of my writing career, I would spend several months outlining a book before I began to write, and then revise the outline as I moved along. The revisions were not simply a matter of ensuring that… Continue Reading “Shop Talk: Patience and Trust vs Outline”
In Conversation with…Myself
From time to time I dive back into the earlier Owen Archer novels to check what I’d written about a character who is showing up again in the latest book. As I did this on the weekend, and felt I was in conversation with… Continue Reading “In Conversation with…Myself”
Shop Talk: Juggling
The year is not yet a month old, but very nearly. As my New Year’s resolution regarding social media is to post here more and visit Twitter less I’d planned to post to my blog at least once a month. Some posts, such as… Continue Reading “Shop Talk: Juggling”
Shop Talk: using Clothing To Shape Story and Character
n Chaucer and Costume: The Secular Pilgrims in the General Prologue (DS Brewer 2000), Laura Hodges presents in wondrous detail how in “Chaucer’s descriptions of textiles, as well as styles, garments, and accessories worn by his pilgrims… [he] weaves a web of costume signs and fabricates characterizations.” (3) Laura knows something about using clothing to enhance a text, and that is why she has been my go to person regarding medieval clothing ever since we met.
A GLIMPSE INTO A WRITER’S PROCESS: A TRIPLE KNOT
On World Book Day, a paper presented in 2013 about how A Triple Knot came into being.
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