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samanthaastrosmith

Sep 295 min

Characters in Search of a Minstrel

I had my setting – next I needed characters to populate the Tower and of course what all authors call a hook. I had this vague idea of...

samanthaastrosmith

Aug 296 min

Research: Fact v Fiction

I am a historian who loves research and nothing gives me greater pleasure than finding facts that I can use in my books. I can spend days...

samanthaastrosmith

Jul 284 min

Erin - The Nut-Loving Raven - A Tribute

The raven stopped pecking the eyeball in the severed head and listened to the voice carried on the wind’ So begins Chapter 2 of Tower of...

samanthaastrosmith

Jul 163 min

Pulling Down The Walls - Creating My Setting

Writing fiction means creating a world for your characters to live in whether it’s modern-day New York, 1930s Berlin or a fantasy world...

samanthaastrosmith

Jun 92 min

A Desk of One's Own: where I find my writing mo-jo

I have never been good at writing at home – I am too easily distracted by the sudden desire to clean all the cupboards, hoover all the...