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Writing Your Synopsis

Be a great synopsis writer: it's never too soon to start taking your work seriously.


What's the Point of a Synopsis?
Writers hate the synopsis. It interferes with the old illusion that writing
fiction is a mysterious creative process, handed to us by a
lyre-playing Muse, to be messed with at our peril. It makes our writing
feel like a grubby commercial venture.

But you have to tell

Writing the Imperfect Synopsis

Be a great synopsis writer: it's never too soon to start taking your work seriously.


What's the Point of a Synopsis?
Writers hate the synopsis. It interferes with the old illusion that writing
fiction is a mysterious creative process, handed to us by a
lyre-playing Muse, to be messed with at our peril. It makes our writing
feel like a grubby commercial venture.

But you have to tell

His Dark Lady paperback

His Dark Lady arrives to brighten up a grey Cornish morning




I'm delighted to remind you all that His Dark Lady will be out in paperback very soon.

December 5th is the date of its UK release, which is next week. No US edition so far, but I'm still hopeful it will be picked up for North American release at some point.

His Dark Lady is book two in my Lucy Morgan series.

Lucy Morgan is a

Authors for the Philippines

In order to raise money for the disaster fund for relief in the devastated Philippines, authors, editors and publishers have been donating books and services to the AUTHORS FOR THE PHILIPPINES website.

How It Works:
You browse for books, swag-bags, meet-an-author, get your manuscript appraised and other writing-related items and services, then BID for what you want.


The money raised goes to

Elizabethan Birthdays

It's possible William Shakespeare may have died on his birthday in 1616.

Today is my birthday!

In Tudor times, one of my favourite historical periods, people did not tend to celebrate birthdays in any overt way. They did not say, 'Happy Birthday!' to each other, they did not present gifts, they did not appear to have a special meal associated with the day, nor even a gathering of friends and

Kittenness

My Tumblr blog is KITTENNESS.




Follow KITTENNESS on Tumblr!


Do come and have a look, and if you're on Tumblr consider following me - I mostly follow back if your interests match mine. Which means reading, writing, fantasy novels and films, historical tidbits, television drama etc.

Astrology and Heroes

Please do check out my ASTRO HEROES post at the Totally Random website, which went up during the summer. It's possibly the coolest blog post I've ever done, which is why I'm reposting this.

If you've read any of the books mentioned, do comment here on whether you think I got the hero's star sign right.

Spare a Thought for Witches at Halloween

Strangled, hanged, burnt or boiled alive, and drowned: the fate of witches



Halloween in modern times has become a time to celebrate monsters of all kinds, particularly fictional ones like vampires or Frankenstein monsters. Indeed, dressing-up in any fun costume - even non-monster ones! - is now part of this wider celebration of putting on a mask and adopting another identity for a few hours.

PERFIDITAS: Alison Morton guest blog

Browse PERFIDITAS on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk


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North Cornwall Book Festival: THIS Friday!

My latest paperback Tudor novel - about Shakespeare's mistress - is out December 5th: pre-order from Amazon here.

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North Cornwall Book Festival, St Endellion


I'm delighted to announce that I'll be appearing at the North
Cornwall Book Festival this October, along with a host of other writers,
both local to Cornwall and from further afield.

I'm
delighted to be delivering the opening