The Tower Taverns
Deciding where my central family could live and work within the Tower was relatively easy as there has long been a history of drinking...
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samanthaastrosmith
Sep 295 min read
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...
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samanthaastrosmith
Aug 296 min read
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...
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samanthaastrosmith
Jul 284 min read
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...
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samanthaastrosmith
Jul 163 min read
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...
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samanthaastrosmith
Jun 92 min read
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...
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