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Marion Macdonald

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I developed an interest in creative writing when I retired from my job as director of a housing association and enrolled in a course with the Open University. It opened a whole new world when I found I loved writing. My writing journey began with short stories and poetry which I collected in my book Wherever You Go for my husband’s 70th birthday. You can get a copy of this for free when you sign up for my reader newsletter.

I then tried my hand at a novel. The result was One Year which I self-published in 2017. In March 2020, it received second place in The Scottish Association of Writers' competition for a self-published novel. I haven’t looked back and have now written six novels and am thinking about my seventh.

During Covid, I researche I developed an interest in creative writing when I retired from my job as director of a housing association and enrolled in a course with the Open University. It opened a whole new world when I found I loved writing. My writing journey began with short stories and poetry which I collected in my book Wherever You Go for my husband’s 70th birthday. You can get a copy of this for free when you sign up for my reader newsletter.

I then tried my hand at a novel. The result was One Year which I self-published in 2017. In March 2020, it received second place in The Scottish Association of Writers' competition for a self-published novel. I haven’t looked back and have now written six novels and am thinking about my seventh.

During Covid, I researched my family tree and, arising from that, wrote a historical novel, No Song in a Strange Land, the first in The Uist Girl Series. The fourth book and final book in the series was published on 26 January 2024.

I enjoy writing about contemporary issues, about family dynamics and about coincidences. In One Year, the financial crash and the refugee crisis were the backdrop to a romantic mystery about a woman searching for the truth about her husband after his death. The contemporary themes of coercive control and the #MeToo Movement set the backdrop for my first psychological novel, The Circle. Family themes and coincidences are woven into a story about how actions can have repercussions, even after twenty-five years. Information I found when I researched my family tree inspired No Song in a Strange Land. Again, contemporary issues of the era play a part in the story of a young woman’s journey from North Uist to Canada and back. Her story continues with past secrets coming back to haunt her and her family in His Bitter Seed, Sons and Brothers and A Love Worth Fighting For. However, I do like to end my stories on a positive note despite the dark content. All novels are available on Amazon in paperback and eBook.

I was born and educated in Scotland and live in Glasgow with my husband Charlie. My interests include reading, travelling, scrabble, knitting, playing the ukulele and, of course, writing.

If you would like to keep up to date with my writing journey, you can sign up for my reader newsletter at www.marionmacdonaldwriter.com

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Marion Macdonald's Blog: New Book Announcement

New Book Announcement

I'm delighted to let you know that the fourth and final novel in The Uist Girl Series was published in e-book and paperback on 26th January 2024. They are obtainable on Amazon.

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	No Song in a Strange Land (The Uist Girl #1) 4.37 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Bitter Seed (The Uist Girl #2) 4.54 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Love Worth Fighting For (The Uist Girl #4) 4.58 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sons and Brothers (The Uist Girl #3) 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Year 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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