Anne Whitfield's Blog

Some UK, and the odd Australian, authors of historical sagas have banded together to create a blog showcasing the genre.
If you've ever wondered about family saga books and the people who write them, then pop over to the blog and read about these great books.
http://historicalsaganovels.blogspot.com

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I am very grateful to Tammy for her extremely wonderful review of my WWII romance, Broken Hero! yay!"From the first pages I was drawn into England during World War II; Ms. Whitfield does an exemplary job of describing the country and the people. The dialogue is relaxed and believable, and it is easy to see both Audrey and Jake longing for each other, yet unable to give freely of themselves. I loved that there were no easy answers for this couple; the tension created between them is palpable and

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I've enjoyed reading some great books in recent weeks. Two are written by Elizabeth Chadwick, The Time Of The Singing and Shields Of Pride. Both very well written with detailed plots and an excellent sense of the medieval period and superbly researched. Time of The Singing blurb:When Roger Bigod, heir to the powerful earldom of Norfolk, arrives at court in 1177 to settle a bitter inheritance dispute with his half-brothers, he encounters Ida de Tosney, young mistress to King Henry II. A victim of

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My historical family saga, Woodland Daughter, has been released in large print in the UK and I've just seen the cover for it. I've put it on here but it's not very clear for some reason, sigh. blurb:
Throughout her years of devoted service to the Bradburys, Eden Harris has hidden a secret that would affect them all, a secret shared only with her husband, Nathan, and her grandfather. But an enemy returns, shattering her world and exposing her secret. Then, robbed of Nathan, she must flee from the

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Okay, my dear friend Anita Davison has tagged me to do the seven deadly sins thing - you're supposed to lie in one of them? I'm not sure how it works but I'll give it a go.

Pride:
Well, I suppose like all mothers I'm proud of my children. Is that boring? Probably. But that's the truth. Jack, Josh and Eleanor are three beautiful, generous, trustworthy and smart kids. I'm very proud to be their Mum and I think my hubby and I have done a good job with them so far. I'm trying to turn my young men out

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Woodland Daughter, my historical family saga novel has been released in large print in the UK.
I haven't received a copy of the new cover yet but you can purchase the book in large print from the publisher. http://www.ulverscroft.com/title.php?sqlCmd=isbn%3D9781847827487

Woodland Daughter in hardback is available here. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780709086079/Woodland-Daughter

Other news is that my literary agency closed its doors at the end of June. So now I am officially without an agen

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Despite a head cold which is annoying the crap out of me, I've been managing to keep writing when not at work, which is mainly weekends when I don't write anyway because the house being full of people - oh right, they're my family, that's it, I keep forgetting.
Anyway, I'm writing the current family drama saga story, just another 30k or so to go and the first draft is finished. Yay! I love it when a book will just sings to me. I feel such a sense of achievement when the first draft is done, as th

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Can you tell me a little about yourself?
My dear Anne, there is very little about me that is little! I’ve been a queen-sized woman (or, as I put it, a grown-up sized woman) all my life and have, my friends tell me, lived a larger-than-life life!
Personally, I think I’m rather dull. I love to cook and read and my favourite pick-me-up is a quick loll in the backyard hot tub, which was one of our wedding presents. I’m a seventh generation Texan – my family came here in the last gasps of the 1700s, w

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I have a special guest to my blog this week, author Nancy Famolari!

Please tell me about yourself.
I live on a farm in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania with my husband, five horses, two dogs and six white cats. We have four sons, all married, and six grandchildren. Unfortunately we don't see them often since they all live quite far away and the farm keeps us busy.

Our favorite activity is riding our horses. We have three Paso Finos and one Morgan gelding that we use for riding. Paso Finos are

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I try always to buy new for fiction and most non-fiction, I like to help authors get their royalties. LOL
With some old reference books, they are impossible to get new, so I don't mind buying them second hand or from the library.
With new authors I try to borrow their book from the library and if I like them, then I will buy all their books new.
This rule worked well for me last week when I borrowed a book from an author new to me (one I nearly bought new). I started reading the book, but it was in

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