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New Release - out now! 'Under Enemy Skies'.

Meet Bonnie Renard – she is eighteen years old and willing to die for France. I’m very excited about this novel. I loved writing it, fell in love with Bonnie and Antoine Renard, my main characters, as well as several of the supporting cast, and lost myself in France during World War Two. The courage of the men and women of the French resistance humbled me – the research was both inspiring and…

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Another year, another novel

Every time I finish a new novel, especially when they are as challenging to write as most of my historical subjects, I say, ‘that’s it, no more’. But then, after a couple of weeks, I find myself looking for a new story to tell. I just love discovering historical facts I knew nothing about. They say write what you know, but I have a tendency to throw myself into a time and setting about which I…

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Look out for 'Another Taste of Honey'.

Karma and Summary Justice

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A lovely but rather sad story.

Cheap Whiskey and a Crumpled Dollar Bill by Lee Conrad

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Call it what it is - RAPE.

In 2021, I wrote about Anna, a courageous, intelligent young woman who was sexually assaulted. Let’s not beat about the bush; Anna was raped – by her boss’s son. She was a straight-A student, coping with the death of her mother from Covid in 2020, and had a day-release course in mechanical engineering and an apprenticeship in a garage in Northampton. She loved her job. It gave her something to…

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Melanie Smith's author spotlight.

Melanie kindly offered to interview me for her author spotlight this week to celebrate the release of the prequel to Wales Rising. You can read it, warts and all, at https://melaniepsmith.com/author-rebecca-bryn/

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MEET THE AUTHOR - RITA LEE CHAPMAN, MYSTERY AND CHILDREN'S AUTHOR

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Pre-order now and have it delivered to your e-reader on october 19th.

New release. Another family saga.

It’s taken me the best part of a year, but the sequel to Wales Rising Book One ‘Give Us This Day – the Merthyr rising’ is finally available. I’ve loved researching the Rebecca riots, for once a setting close to my home in West Wales, and visiting the places where the old tollhouses and tollgates once stood. From Carmarthen, where the Chartist movement began, and Newport, South Wales, where the…

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What inspirations and experiences affect how a novel is written?

Ideas for a story can come from anywhere. A news bulletin, a stray remark from a friend, a picture that needs those thousand words writing down, a cheese sandwich (yes, really, though I haven’t yet written this one), a personal experience, a place that ‘speaks to you’. Having a keen interest in history, and how the past has shaped our present, many of my ideas come from the people or events that…

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http://author.to/RebeccaBryn  

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http://mybook.to/FTCGtrilogy inspired by real events. #Australia #historicalfiction #romance

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If you’re looking for a new author or book club reads, take a look at author.to/RebeccaBryn Tales of courage, cowardice, resilience, and love to make you think. #historicalfiction #mystery #fantasy 

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The Hardest Gift to Give

Those of you who have read my article THE SHADOW AT MY SIDE can probably guess what’s coming. Three weeks ago, I lost my little shadow. For fifteen years, Kes has been my constant companion, walking at my side, sleeping at my side, a happy, smiling, non-judgemental presence who has brightened my life on dull days, dragged me out in all weathers, traced happy circles on the beach, and welcomed me…

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Treasure of Indian Music - Meet the Author, Jaykishan Hariharbhai Kapdi - Yet Another Success to Celebrate!

A real treasure.

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A writer's life - (or suffering for your art).

A writer's life - suffering for your art.

I suppose this is the sort of image most of us have of a writer at work. The relaxed serenity of creativity, the beautiful uncluttered workplace, the light from a window that overlooks a garden. Is it time, I wonder, to bust the myth? I’m not saying there aren’t writers who fit this image of perfect organisation and creative flow, but the fact is, most of us muddle through, lurching from dealing…

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THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES - KINDRED AND AFFINITY

THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES – KINDRED AND AFFINITY

My father’s family is not so squeaky clean when it comes to its family history. After researching and revealing my mother’s family scandals, I thought it only fair to delve into Dad’s family. I’m nothing if not fair… I knew that his grandfather had married sisters. My grandmother, Grandma Toadle, and my Great-Aunt Grace had the same father but their mothers were sisters. Nothing too strange about…