Clare Chase's Blog, page 12
September 5, 2014
Books, buckets and blogs…
Tagging has been the order of the day in the last couple of weeks. First of all I got tagged on FB to list ten books that have stayed with me over the years. (Thanks, Julie – although I agonised over the list, it was great fun!) I finally came up with: The Cuckoo Tree […]
August 22, 2014
The Lakes, Catherine Ryan Howard, and WordPress.com websites…
Just back from a holiday in the Lake District. Its beauty alone makes it a great setting for fiction. Then the lack of mobile coverage in many places is an absolute bonus if you’re writing crime. Your heroine doesn’t need to run low on battery to stop her calling for backup… It’s where Anna, the […]
July 25, 2014
Ludlow Castle and missing the RNA conference
Although I couldn’t make this year’s RNA conference, I was a stone’s throw away from Telford, where it was held, just a week earlier. We visited Ludlow, and its castle, on a warm, sunny Saturday. I love going round castles. It’s all history, mystery and teashops with decent cake. Ludlow Castle was the seat of […]
July 3, 2014
Stuck in the middle
I’ve just reached the middle section of the novel I’m writing. I went through a low point 12,000 words in, when everything felt like an uphill struggle, but then I hit my stride. However, things have slowed up again in the last week. It’s partly the sheer amount of other stuff happening with life in […]
