tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42022604315170213162024-03-05T09:34:38.526+00:00Barbara Scott Emmett - WriterBarbara Scott Emmett Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-74257115652611967402022-05-06T12:36:00.000+01:002022-05-06T12:36:02.143+01:00BEST REJECTION EVER!<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yesterday I got this lovely rejection letter from <a href="https://burningchairpublishing.com/" target="_blank">Burning Chair Publishing</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I submitted <a href="http://mybook.to/DogLeapStairs" target="_blank">DOG LEAP STAIRS</a> to them last May and had assumed I'd already had a rejection from them. Apparently not - and here it is. Such kind people. I can't reply to the email to thank them - so I'm thanking them here. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> Thanks Pete & Si at Burning Chair - I'm sure you would have been wonderful to work with.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_email-wrapper" min-scale="0.980701754385965" style="background-color: #f2f4f6; color: #74787e; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transform-origin: left top; transform: scale(0.980702, 0.980702); width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_email-content" style="font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr><td class="x_email-masthead" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 25px 0px; text-align: center;">Query Reply from<br aria-hidden="true" />Burning Chair Publishing<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />DOG LEAP STAIRS</td></tr><tr><td class="x_email-body" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(237, 239, 242); border-top: 1px solid rgb(237, 239, 242); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 570px;" width="100%"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_email-body_inner" style="font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; width: 570px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr><td class="x_content-cell" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 35px;"><h3 class="x_red" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 0px;">(This E-Mail address is not monitored. Please do not reply to this E-Mail. You message will not be read.)</h3><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />Dear Barbara<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />We're writing in response to the book you submitted to us last year: DOG LEAP STAIRS.<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />As you may have guessed, we’ve been inundated over the past months with not only an unexpectedly large number of submissions but also a rather punishing publishing schedule – hence the reason why it’s taken so long to get back to you. We can only apologise – we totally appreciate how frustrating it is to wait on agents and publishers for their responses (if they ever arrive!) and while we have always challenged ourselves to respond to submissions in a sensible timescale, we do appreciate that we’ve fallen short on this occasion.<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">We have now had a chance to consider, and we’re sorry to advise that we’re not in a position to take on your book at this time. This was not an easy decision for us, which is credit to you and your submission – the fact that it’s taken so long to respond, rather than a straight and quick “no thank you”, shows that yours is one of the ones we’ve agonised over, for all the right reasons.</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />However, having discussed this at length, and taking into consideration our overflowing workloads, we have regretfully had to make some tough decisions as to what we do and do not take on for the time being. The fact is that we’ve essentially filled up our release schedules for the next 2 years+, and we’ve had to (reluctantly) face up to the fact that taking on new authors at this time would mean stretching ourselves so thin that we wouldn’t be able to do our existing authors justice, and certainly wouldn’t be able to dedicate sufficient time and attention to the new ones. As for how long it will be until we open up to new submissions from new authors, frankly at the moment we’re not sure, so we feel it’s only fair to give you a definitive answer rather than keep you hanging on indefinitely.<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Again, we are sorry to have taken so long to get back to you on this, and doubly sorry that the answer is a “no”. We would like to wish you every success with your book and your writing career, and hopefully at some point we will be able to work together. If not, and you find success with another publisher, we will be cheering you from the metaphorical sidelines!</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />All the best and warm regards<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />Pete & Si<br aria-hidden="true" />Burning Chair</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-78111631590786822862022-04-30T16:22:00.001+01:002022-04-30T16:22:42.482+01:00Jaffareadstoo....: 📖 Author in the Spotlight ~ Barbara Scott Emmett<a href="https://jaffareadstoo.blogspot.com/2022/04/author-in-spotlight-barbara-scott-emmett.html?spref=bl">Jaffareadstoo....: 📖 Author in the Spotlight ~ Barbara Scott Emmett</a>: I am delighted to welcome author, Barbara Scott Emmett to our spotlight today Welcome to Jaffareadstoo, Barbara. Tell us a little about yo...Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-49502568159988700762022-04-29T21:23:00.000+01:002022-04-29T21:23:05.828+01:00Dog Leap Stairs - Crime / Psychological Realism<h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5ICOX9eTG-mB7XVQVJWquKhgoGi4gWDLYHzKAWZ3GN8nxnIV8ApDsGTbL5FpwDZUYqYLTeG0fsFLlF5M814mFA9F-lIveUF5RltDInlKBA37RIhS3KDuGW9ysVsSDRz0ZMZ5AKs_bHGs3rWppmKb3Rd0GsQFrRCqIHZy0rinMwwGh5cV-dxk7_UQPA/s1214/3D-img-transp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1214" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5ICOX9eTG-mB7XVQVJWquKhgoGi4gWDLYHzKAWZ3GN8nxnIV8ApDsGTbL5FpwDZUYqYLTeG0fsFLlF5M814mFA9F-lIveUF5RltDInlKBA37RIhS3KDuGW9ysVsSDRz0ZMZ5AKs_bHGs3rWppmKb3Rd0GsQFrRCqIHZy0rinMwwGh5cV-dxk7_UQPA/s320/3D-img-transp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Newcastle 1955</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Monica haunts the quayside picking up men of a certain age. Then one of them is found dead. Since nobody knows what she does at night, she can't be in the frame for the murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Can she?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">At her lowest point, she meets Bobby Wilson, an ordinary lad, handsome in his way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But is this the right time to fall in love?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As the oily Tyne flows past the wharfs and under the iconic bridge, middle-aged men are being targeted by a vicious killer. Monica Brown, damaged, abused, just happens to be in the area - just happens to be excited by the murders.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dog Leap Stairs </b>is a blend of psychological realism and crime; dark, claustrophobic and atmospheric, it is both a portrait of Tyneside in the 1950s and an account of one woman's struggle against her true nature.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Paperback £7.99 /$9.99 and eBook 99p/99c (until Monday 2nd May 2022) available from Amazon here:</span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c577d; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="http://mybook.to/DogLeapStairs" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c577d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">mybook.to/DogLeapStairs</span></a></h2><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh_2JUDR-84X8CQ0cDiOhFAklOxnNaAbxKTn663OvCwV9nE-DJ73Rt8ISvFZdmF9FjdaHtMic2TVbdInmBs5aqLSMO0j1dmx6jqOuJA2A6hG0sGslvWTmTOAMNcTj5OEMCmrVLdFJ-tihXaOgS_qM7TT0RgEqUI4U6QS5YXi8g_wx0mR8fySaEog78g/s800/Flyer3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="800" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh_2JUDR-84X8CQ0cDiOhFAklOxnNaAbxKTn663OvCwV9nE-DJ73Rt8ISvFZdmF9FjdaHtMic2TVbdInmBs5aqLSMO0j1dmx6jqOuJA2A6hG0sGslvWTmTOAMNcTj5OEMCmrVLdFJ-tihXaOgS_qM7TT0RgEqUI4U6QS5YXi8g_wx0mR8fySaEog78g/w474-h160/Flyer3.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-35940179986088756662021-05-09T16:40:00.002+01:002021-05-09T16:40:49.329+01:00LINDISFARNE PRIZE - RUNNER UP<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I am delighted to have received a special runner up award for the <a href="https://www.ljrossauthor.com/philanthropy/lindisfarne-prize/" target="_blank">Lindisfarne Prize</a> for Crime Fiction. My WIP <i>Dog Leap Stairs</i> was shortlisted in March and the winner (<a href="https://www.robertscragg.com/" target="_blank">Robert Scragg</a>) was announced at the beginning of May.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4FHfwpGPJ-0TDBuIy94bBwpcbWxdjwUCC8cz9Ievq0sNNxDzNR9zdblTf_p8HhITguO66f_g_zgri_k5FCbBXcZkEf061uOwGF5eiC_dYgdsYtTK4kjRAinU3ErWVH8iPSpgcbFxk8r9/s903/Lindi+3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="903" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4FHfwpGPJ-0TDBuIy94bBwpcbWxdjwUCC8cz9Ievq0sNNxDzNR9zdblTf_p8HhITguO66f_g_zgri_k5FCbBXcZkEf061uOwGF5eiC_dYgdsYtTK4kjRAinU3ErWVH8iPSpgcbFxk8r9/s320/Lindi+3.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I was one of five shortlisted candidates and am honoured and amazed to have bene among them.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_3ygOVRU4EfLoDFSfGUGkIZMLN3y7kxkOgW9YUfQ1O9GBC3r5dJz3SlXpsn2PGXnLxMexaN4qMNWqXuklUjoIK-vNjxpR3-FfO_1fcW7zWhZ2RAmHSbtBKRQFXHhymMEw5KulgN3Egij/s867/Lindi+1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_3ygOVRU4EfLoDFSfGUGkIZMLN3y7kxkOgW9YUfQ1O9GBC3r5dJz3SlXpsn2PGXnLxMexaN4qMNWqXuklUjoIK-vNjxpR3-FfO_1fcW7zWhZ2RAmHSbtBKRQFXHhymMEw5KulgN3Egij/s320/Lindi+1.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thanks to LJ Ross for setting up this prize and to all the judges.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-46498008682291715382021-01-21T11:33:00.004+00:002021-01-21T11:38:46.128+00:00<p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">LOVE ME TENDER - the latest DI Sterling crime novel from Lorraine Mace</span></span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><b> </b></p></div><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I've read all the Paolo Sterling books and this one doesn't disappoint.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">As usual,, it's a mix of gritty crime, police procedure and Paolo's personal life. </span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Promoted, against his wishes, to DCI, Paolo is faced with insubordination from a member of his team and disapprobation from his boss.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">And if cracking a drugs ring, tracking down a murderer and finding a missing woman isn't enough, he also has worries about his daughter, out of touch in Africa, and a renewed relationship with his ex-wife to contend with.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">This is a good solid story of detection and I certainly didn't guess the culprit before the end.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="clear: both;"><a href="http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B08LG7QDKJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;">LOVE ME TENDER by Lorraine Mace</span></a></h2><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B08LG7QDKJ" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://amazon.co.uk/Lorraine-Mace/e/B002VK4UV2/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;">Check out the previous DI Sterling books</span></a></span></h2></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-85020007387609836592018-08-25T13:45:00.001+01:002018-08-25T13:45:15.201+01:00<br />
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Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-6149408780244471642016-09-09T12:10:00.001+01:002016-09-09T12:10:10.008+01:00All Authors Blog:: Book Feature with Barbara Scott EmmettTODAY I AM FEATURED ON ALL AUTHORS BLOG! <br /><br />
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Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-58709006831342982822016-09-08T21:35:00.003+01:002016-09-08T21:35:46.744+01:00FREE FOR TWO DAYS - THE MAN WITH THE HORN<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ebook of <a href="http://authl.it/B00FP3FMK0/?d" target="_blank"><i>THE MAN WITH THE HORN</i></a> is <span style="color: red;">free</span> now and for the next day or so. I would love some reviews so please help yourself to a copy from <a href="http://authl.it/B00FP3FMK0/?d" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and leave a few words to say what you think.</span></div>
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Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-53999341693253015022016-08-27T23:33:00.002+01:002016-08-27T23:36:24.661+01:00THE MAN WITH THE HORN<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Published by a small press many years ago, THE MAN WITH THE HORN has languished unloved until now.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Edited, revised and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reformatted</span>, it is now available as an <a href="http://authl.it/B00FP3FMK0/?d" target="_blank">ebook ftom Amazon</a>. Other retailers will follow soon.</span></span><br />
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sexuality, try to persuade her to host a sex party - 'not an orgy, that
sounds so vulgar' - high class call girl, Passionaria, is none too keen.
But when trumpeter Sal Pinksy puts her in touch with Kid McLean, a
former child popstar, and Kid becomes her client, the party takes on a
greater significance. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Passionaria is a devotee of the pagan god Dionysos
and the god needs a sacrifice periodically. Kid McLean - sexually
abused as a child - needs to atone for what he believes are his sins. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Perhaps all these events can be combined?<b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">General/Lit Fic/Metaphysical</span></span>Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-31428898895614380552015-03-28T21:49:00.002+00:002015-03-28T23:12:37.730+00:00Seven brilliant novels at the price of an Easter egg. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Question 1</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What does ‘Green Fairy’ mean to you? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A: Fauna in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">B: Washing-up liquid </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">C: Absinthe </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Specials by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wobble-san/">Chris Worden</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> A: Ebony and Ivory </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> B: 101 Dalmatians </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The island across the Menai Strait in North Wales is called: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Question 4 </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If society breaks down and Wales goes feral, what do you want in your pocket? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A: A gun </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">B: A rat </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">C: A ferret </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Siria Palmira by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/druidabruxux/">Jose Javier Martin Espartosa</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Question 5</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A woman’s place is: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A: In the kitchen, with a spatula </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">B: In the bedroom, with suspenders </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">C: In battle, with a sword</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All’s fair in love and war. But when both collide, where does loyalty lie? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> A: With your country, family and pride </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> B: With your lover and your heart </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> C: With yourself </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You uncover white-collar malpractice. Do you: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A: Turn a blind eye </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">B: Blow the whistle </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">C: Pull the trigger</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today's guest blogger is Kathleen Jones, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00JUAJRH8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00JUAJRH8&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=CKTHOWFFINIT7TV2" target="_blank">The Centauress</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006ZDE7QO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B006ZDE7QO&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=XLZ357ZKZFZHJUBR" target="_blank">A Glorious Fame</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0050DZ9QW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0050DZ9QW&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=KUIEXLGKGZNXEVN7" target="_blank">A Passionate Sisterhood</a>. Hers is the third in this series of blogs by writers with books in <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S35A90U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00S35A90U&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=QXAAXYH5ZUWWO7S4" target="_blank">Outside the Box: Women Writing Women</a>. Here Kathleen writes about the freedom of indie writers to step outside the box of traditional publishing genres.</span></i><b> </b></span></div>
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had a very unusual childhood. Brought up on a small hill farm in the
English Lake District, I drove tractors, milked cows and carried
around a Spotters Guide to motor cars (probably nicked from my young
brother). There was a blue German sports car that I lusted after. I
wasn’t conscious of being any kind of rebel. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">When I won a prize
for English at school we were all asked to choose a book. There were
two piles on the staff-room table; one for girls and one for boys.
The girls’ prizes all had titles like Sue Barton: Student Nurse,
Anne: Air Hostess – there was even one about a girl who dreamt of
becoming a secretary! I kicked up a fuss and asked if I could choose
from the boys’ pile and eventually they relented. I chose a murder
mystery set on an oil tanker in the Middle East. I knew nothing of
feminism, but it was already obvious that I wasn’t going to conform
to anyone’s idea of what I should be. So, when I began to write
books, it was a safe bet that I wasn’t going to do what was
expected of me there either. </span></span></div>
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first book was a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006ZDE7QO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B006ZDE7QO&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=XLZ357ZKZFZHJUBR" target="_blank">biography</a> of one of the pioneer women writers,
living at a time when it was considered positively immoral for a
woman to publish anything. In fact, in the 17</span><sup><span lang="en-GB">th</span></sup><span lang="en-GB">
century, even getting an education was believed to injure a woman’s
reproductive organs and addle her brain. The marvellous, scandalous
Margaret Cavendish was only the beginning of my fascination with
women who lived ‘outside the box’. The biography was picked up by
Bloomsbury and it was the beginning of my life as a ‘proper
author’. </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLCdEs_pY3J__kXtU8bak99O2xooG2SRjhRQtdh1uEH6gRVmaUtvT9WrrSf63y90g6fFN3FTmqbsNqpi7mzePfbs-tDb0fHvsWcygTGtVsDDoBekfYDwnoSP2spgYtt_UGoA84SyXc8_h/s1600/newcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLCdEs_pY3J__kXtU8bak99O2xooG2SRjhRQtdh1uEH6gRVmaUtvT9WrrSf63y90g6fFN3FTmqbsNqpi7mzePfbs-tDb0fHvsWcygTGtVsDDoBekfYDwnoSP2spgYtt_UGoA84SyXc8_h/s1600/newcover.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I wrote about Christina Rossetti defying Victorian
conventions, and then about Catherine Cookson – an illegitimate
girl who was born into one of the poorest communities in the western
world, left school at thirteen and went on to become one of the
best-selling (and richest) authors of the twentieth century. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0050DZ9QW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0050DZ9QW&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=KUIEXLGKGZNXEVN7" target="_blank">One of my books</a> was published by Virago – an account of the women who
lived with the stars of the Romantic movement, Wordsworth, Coleridge
and Southey – women who wrote journals and letters and the
occasional poem, living in a society that considered it off-limits
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">But
I found myself, unexpectedly, in a box. Publishers wanted me to
continue to write about women, not men. I was a woman’s author,
they told me. My readers expected a certain type of book. Novels?
You want to write novels? Absolutely not! You’re a biographer.
One publication even categorised me as a ‘women’s literary
historian’. It was a strait-jacket I had written myself into and
longed to get out of. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Never
despise money. It buys freedom. One of my books became a
best-seller, serialised in the Mail on Sunday, and suddenly I had
enough money to be independent of that terrible killer – the
publisher’s advance. I could take a year or two out and write just
what I wanted to write. So I wrote the novels I’d been dreaming of
and scribbling bits of in my spare moments. The only problem was
that my agent didn’t like them. They didn’t fit any genre and
the heroines weren’t conventional. One of the plots even had a
lesbian in it. Shock! Horror! Would I consider taking that
character out? Stupidly I re-wrote it, but my agent still wasn’t
happy. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Neither
was I. But fortunately, at that moment, along came the E-book and
the self-publishing revolution. Instead of a dialogue with agents
and publishers (and marketing managers) I could have internet
conversations directly with my readers. I joined a beta-reading site
and my novel shot up into the top 5 books, competing with crime,
fantasy and romantic fiction. It had ecstatic reviews. I had one
last conversation with my agent and hit the self-publishing button.
The novel went on to win a Kindle award for historical fiction and I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">My
next novel was even more controversial, since it dealt with a
character who had been born ‘between sexes’ in the nineteen
twenties. </span><span lang="en-GB"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00JUAJRH8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00JUAJRH8&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=CKTHOWFFINIT7TV2" target="_blank">The Centauress</a>, </i></span><span lang="en-GB">the
novel</span><span lang="en-GB"><i> </i></span><span lang="en-GB">which
is included in the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S35A90U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00S35A90U&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=QXAAXYH5ZUWWO7S4" target="_blank">box-set</a>, was inspired by a wonderful woman I met
in Italy about fifteen years ago, who was very frank about her dual
gender, but who had obviously suffered intensely throughout her life
because of it. The other protagonist, Alessandra, is a biographer
like me – paid to poke and pry into other people’s lives,
fascinated by the detective aspects of research, but uncomfortable
with the elements of voyeurism. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I’m
fascinated by the interplay between biography and fiction because
there is no real boundary between them. A novel is a fictional
biography and a biography is a ‘found’ novel – you’re given
the characters, the plot and some of the dialogue and you have to
bring the hero/ine alive for the reader. Every novel and every short
story I write is influenced by my career as a biographer, researching
and analysing people’s characters and finding ways to bring them to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Since
I became an ‘Indie’ author my own life has changed dramatically.
Instead of the cut-throat, competitive world of commercial publishing
I’ve become a member of a supportive, friendly tribe. We connect
with each other on social media and in groups such as <a href="http://allianceindependentauthors.org/" target="_blank">ALLI</a>, sharing
advice and information. </span></span></div>
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we want to write without being constrained by the false categories of
genre. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">So, I was absolutely delighted when I was approached by other
authors whose work I had always admired to be part of a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S35A90U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00S35A90U&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=QXAAXYH5ZUWWO7S4" target="_blank">7-book ‘box-set’</a>, show-casing women writers, writing about
extraordinary, genre-busting heroines. We aim to give traditional
publishing a run for its money and our readers a mind-blowing read! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-GB">A movement that has freed and empowered authors is doing the same for
readers. They are free to choose what they read in a vast online
emporium of books that isn’t stocked by marketing managers and
where best-sellers can’t be ‘engineered’ by publicists. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks, Kathleen. I'm happy to be an indie author too and to rub shoulders with such distinguished company.</span></i></span></div>
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<br />Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-36493780249009897912015-01-21T09:00:00.000+00:002015-01-21T09:00:01.505+00:00Whose Genre Is It Anyway? by Carol Cooper<div style="text-align: left;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Continuing with the series of posts featuring writers whose books are included in the </i>Women Writing Women Box Set,<i> today's guest post is by Carol Cooper, author of </i>One Night at the Jacaranda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Whose
Genre Is It Anyway? <br />Carol
Cooper</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If I close
my eyes and think of genres, up pops a long list like this:</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thriller Detective
fiction Murder
mystery<br />
Action
& Adventure Psychological
thriller Science
fiction
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Supernatural Western Horror<br />
Steampunk Legal
thriller Medical
thriller<br />Contemporary
fiction Urban
fiction Women's
Adventure<br />
Women's
Fiction Chick-lit Romance<br />Historical
romance Domestic
chiller Women
in jeopardy<br />
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And
of course the big one: Literary fiction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most
people can understand what a bodice-ripper is. But what, pray, is
literary fiction? You can rely on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_fiction">Wikipedia</a> to have an opinion:</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Literary fiction</span><span style="font-size: small;"> is a term
principally used for certain </span><span style="font-size: small;">fictional</span><span style="font-size: small;"> works
that hold </span><span style="font-size: small;">literary</span><span style="font-size: small;"> merit.
In other words, they are works that offer deliberate commentary on
larger social issues, political issues, or focus on the individual to
explore some part of the human condition.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ah, the human condition. There’s not much consensus on
that either, but one thing is certain about the human condition. Once
your publisher says you’ve reached the heart of it, you know you
have arrived. With a capital A. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There may also be a big A on advance, but the book won’t
necessarily earn it back. Maybe that should be in the definition? I
can’t recall who told me that a literary novel is the kind that
sells under 200 copies a year, but he had a point. Literary fiction
appeals to a smaller audience. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I asked around, and got the following essential
ingredients for literary fiction:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful style</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Complex characters</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Big ideas</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depth, but not necessarily action</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Takes itself seriously, and may require years to write. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is it also difficult to read? So much the better.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If this is what you’re after, I’ll lend you my copy
of </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0031RDVMI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0031RDVMI&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=32FGCZLVONHIW5CO">A Brief History of Time</a>. </i></span><span style="font-size: small;">The
most obvious snag is that it’s not fiction. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn’t bother repeating the exercise for every other
genre I could think of. Genre is a major preoccupation for
publishers, agents, and writers. But how much does it bother the
customers?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Talking to book clubs, I had my suspicions confirmed.
Readers can’t always define their preferred genre. They don’t
necessarily have one anyway. They enjoy far more than one kind of
book, and it insults their intelligence to assume their tastes are
narrow.</span></span></div>
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<div class="western" style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Broad categories can be useful when they assist in
distinguishing, say, crime, contemporary and YA novels. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They may help
people twig that </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002RI9PS6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B002RI9PS6&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=TT3UK6MXRXJSJI5W"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>A Short History of Tractorsin Ukrainian</i></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> is a novel, rather than a manual
on dual diesel engines. Years ago, I proofread just such a manual.
Take it from me: nobody reads it for its social comment or its
riveting plot.</span></span></div>
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<div class="western" style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the other hand, labelling books can also deter
readers. I’m a fan of page-turners with vibrant writing and strong
characters, so I loved </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ARWFPTW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00ARWFPTW&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=UWYMSXEV6GN6GET5"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>IStopped Time</i></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> by Jane Davis, as well as
</span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ANY5ASA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00ANY5ASA&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=Q67T2DCO4RXC7PUI"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Maggie’sChild</i></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> by Glynis Smy. But I nearly didn’t
bother with either of them. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They’re both ‘historical,’ you see. I don’t
really care for mannered speech, or for tons of period detail that
weigh down the story and can sink the plot. And the sex scenes?
Without running water, I’m sure everyone stank to high heaven
beneath their hand-stitched bodices, basques, and bloomers. I’m a
doctor. I know how people smell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many books don’t fit neatly into a genre anyway. My
fiction debut </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GYGEIM0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00GYGEIM0&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=CXSIVOUPP2FVZE6I"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>One Night at the Jacaranda</i></span></a><span style="font-size: small;">
was, I thought, simply a novel. But as a newbie on the fiction scene,
what did I know? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One book doctor dubbed it ‘chick-lit’, even
though it tackles many darker issues. It’s not even exclusively
‘women’s fiction’, since much of it is written from a male
point of view. Certainly many men have read it and reviewed it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
friend calls it a ‘multi-viewpoint ensemble novel’. That may be
nearer the truth, but what a mouthful! I prefer to think of it simply
as ‘contemporary fiction’. What’s the point of shoe-horning it
into a genre?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Genres are a means of branding, and I’m not convinced
readers find them meaningful. Think back to the last few novels that
carried you away. Was it the genre that persuaded you to read them?
Or did you rely more on the cover, the first page, and maybe reviews,
to make your choice?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next time I see a phrase like, “With this latest
book X, author Y has pushed the boundaries of genre Z,” I know I
will think, “The hell with all that! Will the book be worth my
precious time?” </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As their own publishers, indie authors can afford to
take risks, to bend the genres a bit, and to concentrate on producing
what people enjoy reading. And surely that is the mark of a good
book?</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks to Carol for an insightful post. As someone whose books never seem to fit any particular category, I am happy to see independent authors stepping outside the box.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><i>For more information please visit the <a href="http://www.womenwritewomen.com/" target="_blank">WOMEN WRITING WOMEN website</a> (there is a form to fill in to win a digital goody bag) , <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">w</span>atch their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsR76VwcrNI" target="_blank">video</a> and follow them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/womenwritewomen?fref=ts">Facebook</a>.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I welcome <b>Joni Rodgers</b>, NYT
bestselling author of <i>Crazy for
Trying</i> and <i>Bald
in the Land of Big Hair as my </i>Guest Blogger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joni's novel <i>Crazy for Trying</i> is included in <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S35A90U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00S35A90U&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=U4E7DKEW37ZBWPGJ" target="_blank"><i>Women Writing Women</i> box set</a>. <span style="background: #ffffff;">Just
$9.99 (£7.99) for seven novels. Available 90 days only from February 20). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">See the Press Release <a href="http://barbarascottemmett.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/a-cast-of-unlikely-heroines.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So here's Joni:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>How many light bulbs does it take to
screw in a writer?</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lack of ideas is never my problem. I have
the antithesis of that: a daily hemorrhage of ideas, some of which
are crap, some of which are brilliant, but the vast majority of which
could go either way because writing is not about ideas, it's about
delivery. Sorting and prioritizing ideas—book by book, line by
line—is one of the great challenges of a long writing career. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I wake up before five most mornings, my
brain clicking with ideas. Since my alarm is set for six, I sometimes
try to shove the idea bulbs under the pillow so I can get back to
sleep, but usually, I just give in and trudge to my office and start
typing. I know I’ll sleep again when I finish the novel I'm working
on. This is familiar swampland I'm slogging through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Flannery O'Connor said, "Writing a
novel is a terrible experience during which hair often falls out and
teeth decay."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Maybe she was talking about writer angst,
but for me it's an admittedly unhealthy disconnect, during which the
alternate universe in the book occupies the vast majority of my
waking thoughts and becomes more real to me than the taxes, dishes
and laundry waiting to be done. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A while back, I Fed Exed galley proofs to
my editor at Random House and went directly to get my roots done. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Goodness," said Veronica, the
sorceress who sees me through all my seasonal changes in foliage.
"What have you been doing for the last four months?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Every time she lifted a section to foil
with bleach (I'm a non-blond attempting to have more fun) I could
plainly see almost three inches of salt and pepper that have grown
since last time I thought about anything other than that manuscript.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My kids used to pitch biscuits or string
beans at me from across the dinner table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Earth to Mom?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With both of them grown up and gone, I've
been able to give myself over to the "terrible experience"
without feeling guilty or neglectful. But the result is that I've
been utterly neglectful of myself. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yesterday, I came out of what my daughter
calls "Book Head" and looked around to find out how many
people are mad at me. There are several. Neglected friends, overdue
emails, unblogged blogs and—oh, that guy I married 32 years ago. He
knocks on the door every once in a while wanting me to scratch his
back or feed him a sandwich or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Fictional people and events are not more
important than real ones, but they are more immediate at times,
because they are in such great peril of being forgotten before they
make it to paper. Ever since menopause, my memory is about as
reliable as a mosquito leg. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So what was I saying a minute ago about…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ideas! Yes. Sorting them. Fleshing them
out or flushing them. Not letting them take over the day or obscure
the task at hand. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My best strategy for herding ideas: I set
up an Idea Bank, a Title Bank and a Dialogue Bank. Whenever I get a
flash of might-be-brilliant, I email myself one quick sentence that
captures the idea and sorts it automatically into the appropriate
file. That way, I’ve caught it in a butterfly net without devoting
too much time to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You don’t want to lose a tooth unless
it’s really worth it. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Excerpt from <i>Crazy for Trying</i></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">by Joni Rodgers</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks, Joni - that all sounds so familiar!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more information on the<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S35A90U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00S35A90U&linkCode=as2&tag=httpbarbarasc-21&linkId=U4E7DKEW37ZBWPGJ" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank"><i>Women Writing Women</i> box set</a> see the <a href="http://barbarascottemmett.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/a-cast-of-unlikely-heroines.html" target="_blank">Press Release.</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A cast of unlikely heroines. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Meet a cast of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A woman accused of killing
her tyrannical father who is determined to reveal the truth. </span></div>
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bookish and freshly orphaned young woman seeks to escape the shadow
of her infamous mother—a radical lesbian poet—by fleeing her
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A bereaved biographer who travels to war-ravaged Croatia to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A gifted musician who is
forced by injury to stop playing the piano and fears her life may be
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">An undercover journalist after a by-line, not a boyfriend, who
unexpectedly has to choose between her comfortable life and a bumpy
road that could lead to happiness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A former ballerina who turns to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The wife of a drug lord who
attempts to relinquish her lust for sharp objects and blood to raise
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brings these unlikely heroines together in a limited edition box-set.
P</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">ublished
in e-book format on <b>February 20</b> (pre-orders from January 12) and
available for just 90 days, this treasure house of books </span></span><span style="color: black;">is
the brain-child of <b>Jessica Bell</b>, who approached some of the most
prominent self-published women authors and asked them to each
contribute a novel that best represented the theme: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823;"><b>Orna
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by The Bookseller as one of the 100 most influential people in
publishing) selected </span><span style="color: #141823;"><i>Blue Mercy, </i></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">a
complex tale of betrayal, revenge, suspense, murder mystery—and
surprise.</span></span></span></div>
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Rodgers</b> (NYT bestselling author) returned to her debut </span><span style="color: #141823;"><i>Crazy
for Trying, </i></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">a
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a
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for The Guardian newspaper in London) presented </span><span style="color: #141823;"><i>My
Memories of a Future Life, </i></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">the
haunting story of how one lost soul searches for where she now
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broadcast by the BBC, Royal Literary Fund Fellow, contributed </span><span style="color: #141823;"><i>The
Centauress, </i></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">a
compelling tale of family conflict over a disputed inheritance.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823;">Jane
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Award) nominated </span><span style="color: #141823;"><i>An Unchoreographed
Life, </i></span><span style="color: #141823;">an unflinching </span><span style="color: black;">and
painfully honest portrayal of flawed humanity.</span></span></div>
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Cooper</b> (author, doctor, British journalist and president of the Guild
of Health Writers) provided </span><span style="color: black;"><i>One Night
at the Jacaranda, a</i></span><span style="color: #333333;"> gripping story
about a group of people searching for love, sex and everything in
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Jessica Bell (Australian novelist, singer/songwriter, Publishing
Editor of Vine Leaves Literary Journal and whose award-winning poetry
has been broadcast on ABC National Radio), her latest novel </span><span style="color: #141823;"><i>White
Lady</i></span><span style="color: #141823;"> was the obvious choice, </span><span style="color: black;">an
intense, suspenseful ride rife with mystery. </span></span></div>
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across the full spectrum from light (although never frothy) to
darker, more haunting reads that delve into deeper psychological
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me, these writers are the real superstars of self-publishing. They're
storytellers dedicated to their craft, who have proved their worth
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">‘Beautiful, poetic,
imaginative, passionate, thoughtful, witty, sensual and intelligent,
Outside the Box is a feast. Unforgettable books by exceptional
writers.’ JJ Marsh, author of the Beatrice Stubbs series and
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<br />Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-71578150562246950542014-11-11T14:25:00.001+00:002014-11-11T14:25:59.455+00:00Memories of WW1<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My mother's memories of the First World War as a tiny child:</span></i><br />
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One day I was taken into Newcastle to see the soldiers marching down
Grainger Street to the Central Station on their way to France. I was
held up on somebody’s shoulder so that I could see over the people in
front. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crowds lined the street, the soldiers marched past, then a deep
moan went through the crowd as the girls came into view. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They were the
nurses also on their way to France. I can remember hearing somebody <span class="text_exposed_show">saying, “The bits o’ lasses are ganning as well,” and the tears rolling down people’s cheeks.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> From the Autobiography of <a href="http://www.emmettweb.co.uk/auto_1.html/" target="_blank">Bette Masterman Emmett</a></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">born 12 April 1913</span></i></div>
Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-6076742500591852042014-11-04T12:03:00.001+00:002014-11-04T12:03:58.728+00:00Wilful Words: The Long and the ShortBeing lazy today and reblogging this blog about Awesome Allshorts from awesome indie authors. <br /><br />
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<a href="http://shaunabickley.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-long-and-short.html?spref=bl">Wilful Words: The Long and the Short</a>: It's an exciting time right now. In addition to the launch of my latest novel Still Death , I have a short story that's been accepte...Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-5676908143036741942014-10-28T16:06:00.001+00:002014-10-28T16:06:49.716+00:00A Crime Novel with a Difference - Frances di Plino on her latest Paolo Storey novel<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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close to him? It isn't easy <i>Looking for a Reason</i>.</span></div>
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is the pen name of <a href="http://www.lorrainemace.com/" target="_blank"><b>Lorraine Mace</b></a>, children’s author, humour
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Paolo Storey: <a href="http://bit.ly/1v7Nf6e">Bad Moon Rising,
Someday Never Comes, Call It Pretending and Looking for a Reason</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Awesome Indies is getting a brand new website. Tahlia Newland (coordinator), Ruthanne Reid (designer), and a team of volunteers have been working hard this past month to get ready for the opening on the 1<sup>st</sup> of November. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The new look site will be set up as a shop with purchase buttons linking to all the major ebook sales outlets as well as the Book Depository (free shipping worldwide) for those who like paperbacks. Our Amazon and iTunes links will be global links that will automatically send customers to their local store – no more ending up in the wrong store. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And those with reading devices that take epub files will find plenty of books for their devices on the new site.
Books to suit your taste will be easy to find by searching categories and tags. And books can be listed in more than one category, making it easy to see exactly what mix of genres you’ll find inside. This is particularly important for our books because most of them cross genres. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Books will have their own product page with a great deal more information about them than on the present site, so you won’t have to leave the site to find the information you need to make your decision.
Reduced books will appear on a sale page and in a featured spot on the front page, making the bargains easy to find, and a streamlined menu will make negotiating the site a lot easier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This new focus on selling the books is because these are the books from the independent publishing industry that readers should be buying. These are the books that will not disappoint with poor editing and under developed story lines. And if you’re looking for something different, the Awesome Indies is the place to find it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And, to mark the opening of the new site, we’re having a sale. Over 50 books priced at less than $3, many of which are rarely discounted, will be on sale for November 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We’re also giving away a Kindle Paperwhite ereader to the lucky winner. The giveaway closes at the end of the weekend.
Visit <a href="http://awesomeindies.net/" target="_blank">Awesome Indies Books </a>next weekend to see the new site, show your support and pick up a bargain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks, Tahlia. </span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My novels <b>Delirium: The Rimbaud Delusion</b> and <b>The Land Beyond Goodbye</b> will both be on sale as part of the Awesome Indies promotion.</span></i><br />
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Barbara Scott Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015012675615519673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202260431517021316.post-1617981689258416042014-10-22T09:06:00.000+01:002014-10-28T13:00:36.101+00:00France Book Tours<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://francebooktours.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/delirium-bust.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Delirium - bust" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2945" height="300" src="https://francebooktours.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/delirium-bust.jpg?w=165&h=300" width="165" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600;">Jean-Nicolas-Arthur Rimbaud</span></b> was born on 20<sup>th</sup> October 1854 in a flat above a bookshop in the Rue Napoléon, Charleville. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now called Charleville-Mézières, the poet’s birthplace is a provincial town in northern France and is the setting for my novel <i><span style="color: #00ccff;"><a href="http://www.triskelebooks.co.uk/delirium/4585813204" style="color: #00ccff;">Delirium: The Rimbaud Delusion</a></span>.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The novel’s protagonist, Andrea, visits Rimbaud’s old haunts and sits, as she says ‘in the exact space Rimbaud once sat in, the molecules of my body mingling with the memory of his.’</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read Emma's insightful review of Delirium <b><a href="http://wordsandpeace.com/2014/10/20/book-review-and-giveaway-delirium-the-rimbaud-delusion-i-love-france-117/" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In honour of <a href="http://barbarascottemmett.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/rimbauds-birthday.html" target="_blank">Rimbaud's birthday</a> and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the launch of the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delirium-Delusion-Barbara-Scott-Emmett/dp/0952884399/ref=tmm_pap_title_0" target="_blank">paperback version</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paperback available at <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delirium-Delusion-Barbara-Scott-Emmett/dp/0952884399/ref=tmm_pap_title_0" target="_blank">AMAZON</a>.</span></div>
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