A writer’s life… Category
The Quarterdeck Interview
Posted on October 27, 2013 6 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] [ This interview is from the October issue of ‘Quarterdeck’ magazine ] During your formative early years was reading an important part of your life? Oh, yes. My mother introduced me to the […]
Cover Story: CARIBBEE
Posted on October 25, 2013 17 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] I know I’m privileged to be consulted at every stage of the conceiving of and production of a Kydd Series book cover; this isn’t the case for all authors. Thank you, Hodder & […]
The Birth of a Book: CARIBBEE
Posted on October 24, 2013 11 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] CARIBBEE is the latest title in my Thomas Kydd series and as it’s officially launched into the world today it’s a pretty special time (as is true for most authors, I guess) – […]
Novelists and 18th & 19th Century Sea Battles
Posted on September 25, 2013 17 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] One historical period, the climax of the age of fighting sail (the twenty-two- year period of the French and Napoleonic wars, 1793–1815), has always drawn me irresistibly, as it has done for so […]
Summoning the Maritime Muse
Posted on September 16, 2013 12 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] One of the questions I’m often asked is where does the inspiration for my sea tales come from. In writing the Thomas Kydd series I draw on many things – my personal experiences serving […]
SEAFLOWER and CARIBBEE
Posted on September 8, 2013 11 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] More than a decade ago, in SEAFLOWER, Thomas Kydd and Nicholas Renzi were in the Caribbean as sailors before the mast in an old line-of-battle ship. Now, in CARIBBEE, Kydd, a storied hero […]
An Author’s Day Off
Posted on September 5, 2013 3 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Ever wondered what authors do on their days off – mope around missing the work-in-progress, drown writing woes at the pub, play golf? Well, I can’t speak for other scribes but when I […]
From Two Advance Readers of CARIBBEE
Posted on September 1, 2013 3 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Earlier my publishers made available some advance review copies of CARIBBEE as contest prizes. I’ve had some wonderful feedback on this book from the winners – and I’d like to share two of […]
Sermons, a thesis – and a hungry dog…
Posted on August 20, 2013 1 Comment
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] I’m always delighted to hear from readers that they’ve enjoyed my books – but sometimes this takes on an extra dimension… Ian Hewes, a Baptist minister in the UK, has used the Kydd […]
From a reader drawn to the Arctic
Posted on August 16, 2013 1 Comment
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] One of the joys of being a writer is hearing from readers around the world – and learning a little about their lives. William de Vaney, a marine historical artist, now living in […]
Julian Stockwin 