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VEH Masters – New release – Apostates

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:December 6, 2022
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Recently I met up with V E H (Vicki) Masters to chat about her third in series, The Apostates, which has just been released. The story is partly set in Venice and…

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Guest Post: Linda Pennell – The Gilded Age

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:September 8, 2022
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In 2016 Linda Pennell invited me onto her blog when I was launching book two in the Munro trilogy - A House Divided. It seems a lifetime ago now, but…

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A very personal reflection on 2020

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:December 31, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

2020 Looking back on 2020 it is tempting to focus on negatives – there have certainly been enough of them, and it’s impossible to minimize the impact of the pandemic.…

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Jolabokaflod

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:December 15, 2020
  • Post category:Interviews / Guest Blogging

Jolabokaflod –  translated as ‘Christmas Book Flood’ - the lovely Icelandic tradition of giving books as gifts on Christmas Eve. If I only had an open fire that I could…

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Britain’s ‘Little Ice Age’

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:December 12, 2019
  • Post category:Articles

It's hardly surprising in the UK that we are notorious for talking about the weather, for it is nothing if not unpredictable. Take the last 2 weeks - where I…

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Dipping in to Viking era Scotland

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:November 17, 2019
  • Post category:Articles

Today I'm welcoming a fellow historical author, Jen Black onto the site to highlight her new book set in the 11th century. A wee bit before my period of expertise…

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That was the week, that was (well, two weeks, actually).

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:August 23, 2019
  • Post category:My Writing Life

You know the feeling when you decide to do something and you've no idea how to do it and it's probably crazy anyway? Well, that was my position two weeks…

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Mathilda’s Spy (or is he?)

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:July 22, 2019
  • Post category:Articles

For all you good folk who have been following the Historical fiction blog Hop here is the final character interview in the blog hop series - and this time it…

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In lieu of Richard III (who is currently unavailable).

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:July 17, 2019
  • Post category:Visitor Posts

How well do you know the story of King Richard III? Not as well as Matthew Wansford. Now I’ve been a fan of Richard III since I first read Josephine…

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Munro speaks up for himself in the Interview my character Blog hop.

  • Post author:margaretskea
  • Post published:July 15, 2019
  • Post category:Interviews / Guest Blogging

If you've been following the Meet My Character Blog Hop, you'll know we've been to lots of different locations and centuries already and today it's the turn of Ayrshire in…

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