Beth Elliott's Blog, page 8
December 6, 2020
A bit of Bling
As well as writing stories and articles I enjoy travelling, both at home and abroad, the excuse being that it's all research.
This year all my planned journeys had to be cancelled, for the reason we know. That left swathes of time for another longtime hobby - metallic embroidery.I love all types of embroidery and marvel at the infinite variety of invention to be seen in different countries.
My Woodbine chainsmoking great-aunt Hannah taught me my first...
November 20, 2020
Meet Kitty
Kitty Towers is lively and kind-hearted.She is 19, she has glorious brown eyes and glossy chestnut curls. She is also the eldest of five sisters and two brothers. So, willing or not, her mother insists she must now go to London for the Season and make a good marriage, one that will enable her sisters to mix in society in their turn. Kitty is most unwilling. Secretly she determines to endure London for two months and then return home to do what she considers worthwhile - helping her father, the...
September 30, 2020
Now, about that pair of visitors...
In my post on The Third Brother, a couple of weeks back, I mentioned that 1818 is the year Joachim is in charge of running the family estate and his burning ambition is to prove he can manage everything perfectly.
What Joachim doesn't expect is the upheaval caused by his mother's visitors - two sisters who bring a coach-load of problems with them. For a start, their actual coach arrives many hours late in Toulouse, where Joachim an...
September 23, 2020
Do your characters argue with you?
Are you in control of your story?
In The Hobbit, Tolkien observed that "things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway."
In other words, if there is no conflict, there is no story. So the characters can expect to have problems which get ever more difficult, they must face their fears and see their ambitions end...
September 10, 2020
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THE RAKE AND HIS HONOUR
Set during a time of tension and uncertainty as Napoleon's fanatical spies attempt to keep him in power and prevent the return of King Louis XVIII.
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August 28, 2020
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Spanning the magical land of Constantinople and the traditional streets of London, Beth Elliott's heart-warming Regency romance tells of a love that knows no boundaries
July 31, 2020
Items that play a significant role in the story
It's not just people and places that make up a story. Certain objects also have huge importance.
In The Outcasts, the hero, Joachim de Montailhac, is an energetic young man, in charge of running his father's estate. Always busy with an outdoor life, his choice of ornaments is simple. However, he treasures this jade stickpin, given to him by his oldest brother, Henri. At one point in the story, this item takes on a huge importance.
His father, the Marquis de Fontanes, is heavily involved in local a...
July 3, 2020
The Third Brother
Both their daughters and two of their three sons have found their life partnersand are happily settled.
That leaves Joachim, the youngest son.
Twelve years younger than his oldest brother, everyone still sees Joachim as a boy. And "everyone" means not just his loving family, but all the people on his father's estate.
So, this year, when both his brothers are away and his father is busy with political affair...
May 3, 2020
Brand new editions for May
Two Regency Tales now published in Kindle by JOFFE BOOKS
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THE WILD CARD THE UTTERLY ABSORBING TALE OF...
Brand new editions for 1st May
Two Regency Tales now published in Kindle by JOFFE BOOKS
THE WILD CARD THE UTTERLY ABSORBING TALE OF...
