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Parsifal at Glyndebourne. Weird or unhinged? (via Parsifal and Glyndebourne)

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Independent Bookshop Week

My independent bookshop… I mentioned my visit to  my local indie bookshop  (oh, and by the way it’s Independent Bookshop Week) I was introduced to the author Jane Thynne/C J Carey (not in person – her books). I was having a cup of coffee with the owner, and he was enthusing about her writing and bringing out copies of her books. When he described Widowland I picked it up and said. “This one. I’m…

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If you're thinking of self-publishing, here's the low down on a print version from someone who's done it and is sharing her experience. Anyone who knows Joanna Maitland will realise that this is gold. (She's also written one about ebook publishing - there is a link). (via Self-publishing in print: Amazon, Ingram, Draft2Digital?) #selfpublishing

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Most writers will have files filled with the openings of books that never went anywhere, ideas, scraps of papers with scribbling notes. The oldest piece I have goes back to the 1980s and I first had the idea - and the first few pages of Murder Among the Roses in 1997. Sophie Weston Author has so much that it has escaped her study and invaded the rest of her house.  Read how she's dealing with in this week's Libertà Books blog and leave a note telling her how long you've been hoarding story notes for a book that has yet to be written. (via Dealing With Old Material)

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Getting my nails done...

…eventually I started Friday morning with a plan. Early rise, write, have my nails done, write, go out to lunch with a friend, write. The alarm went off at six am. I lingered in the comfort of my bed until 6.30 but then forced myself into the shower, made tea and fired up the laptop. There was, inevitably, a delay while I checked emails, book sales and wasted time messing about on the internet.…

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What Palladio (and the Grand Tour) did for us. Check out the #Lego (via The Grand Tour taught gentlemen to admire Palladio)

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Sophie Weston writes about the "critical minute" in fiction. on the Libertà Books blog today. This is really good stuff. (via Critical Minute in Fiction and Life)

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I'll be a CrimeFest in Bristol talking about characters solving murder as a hobby with a great panel of authors. It's at the Grand Hotel. Bring coffee!

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Self-publishing? A really useful guide to the two main options from Joanna Maitland at Libertà Books this morning. (via Self-publishing ebooks: Amazon KDP or Draft2Digital (D2D)?)

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Here's a question. Who is the most romantic hero of all time? Read on to find out and let us know what you think of the answer. (via The Hero's Moral Compass in romantic and historical fiction) #libertabooks 

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The Romans at Lake Garda. (via Lake Garda, Italy : visit a Roman villa or two)

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Bristol CrimeFest

A crime book convention! I will soon  be heading off to the historic city of Bristol for this year’s CrimeFest, The International Crime Fiction Festival – Where the Pen is bloodier than the Sword. Who will be there? The line up this year is spectacular with a featured guests including Andrew and Lee Child. Mark Gatiss (who created Sherlock with Steven Moffat, and appeared as Mycroft Holmes) will…

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Happy Easter!

  Happy Easter!

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(via Italy, Lake Garda, Sirmione peninsula, Castello Scaligero)

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A free book and aunts...

Free book A quick heads up that one of my Classics collections is #free on Amazon from today until Thursday. It contain three of my favourite books, The Bridesmaid’s Reward, Flirting With Italian and The Secret Life of Lady Gabriella. Fill your boots, tell your friends! Here’s the link – Liz Fielding’s Classics     Aunts I’m also blogging today over at Liberta Books, my second home , on the…

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I'm blogging at Liberta Books this week. Mostly about aunts... (via Aunts, Godmothers and Other Interfering Females)

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Memories of lockdown from Sophie Weston Author, a coming together to reflect on what happened and some glorious food. (via Lockdown revisited 5 years on)