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The Tweeting of Fictional Characters

For those who have become interested in my evolving Tudor Witch Trilogy, you can now chat with characters from WITCHSTRUCK and WITCHFALL on Twitter!


Meg Lytton, English witch



Alejandro de Castillo, Spanish priest in training



Richard, apprentice to John Dee



Marcus Dent, English Witchfinder 




WITCHSTRUCK

To enable these Twitter accounts to have a full and interesting life, dear

Manx Lit Fest trip in photos

I was recently invited to the Isle of Man for the second Manx Lit Fest. I had a fabulous time, and when not going round schools, signing books or giving talks on writing and Tudor fiction, I was driving about the beautiful island where I was once a resident and snapping photos in some very familiar spots.

My grateful thanks go to the various sponsors of the Manx Literary Festival, especially

Kickass Heroines v. Too Stupid To Live

Kickass Heroines: Too Stupid To Live, or simply female?

A few years back when I was first starting to write romance, I kept coming across the phrase TSTL, short for Too Stupid To Live.

This epithet seemed to be directed at female characters - in fact, I have never seen a male character described as TSTL - who took risks in the story, and tended to make 'bad' or 'poor' decisions, according

HER LAST ASSASSIN: cover reveal

The final book in my Lucy Morgan, Shakespeare's Mistress Trilogy: HER LAST ASSASSIN, out Feb 2014




"What dost thou think, O reader?"

Tudor court fiction, Shakespeare, romance, spies & plotters

Executed for Reading A Horoscope?

Did you know that, in Tudor times, you could be executed for reading the horoscope of a royal person, in case you planned to use that valuable information against them?

Such was the power invested in the occult arts that astrologers and 'conjurors of spirits' like Master John Dee - the Queen's official astrologer - could face serious trouble if discovered doing anything that might be

WITCHSTRUCK launches with Harlequin Teen in North America!

WITCHSTRUCK: Book One, the Tudor Witch Trilogy. OUT TODAY in the States (Harlequin Teen).



I'm delighted to announce that the first book in the Tudor Witch Trilogy, WITCHSTRUCK, is now available for sale across North America with Harlequin Teen, in paperback and ebook. 

My only wish is that my mother - the late, great romantic novelist Charlotte Lamb, who published well over a hundred books

North Cornwall Book Festival: my talk 25th October

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.

The Festival is held in the beautiful location of St Endellion, North Cornwall. This is how the organisers describe the whole Festival:


We're hugely excited to unveil this festival for the
autumn half-term

Her Last Assassin: Book 3 of the Lucy Morgan Trilogy

Book Two, His Dark Lady, will be out in paperback soon in the UK

Those waiting for the final instalment in the Lucy Morgan Trilogy (The Queen's Secret; His Dark Lady) may be interested to know that book three, Her Last Assassin, has now passed copyedit stage.

At copyedit stage in a major publishing house, the writer works with a copyeditor on the final manuscript. Continuity and timing are

WITCHSTRUCK blog tour schedule

WITCHSTRUCK Tour Schedule:

Monday, September 16th – All Things Urban Fantasy
Wednesday, September 18th - The Book Cellar
Friday, September 20th – Harlequin Tour Stop
Monday, September  23th – Two Chicks on Books
Wednesday, September 25th – Oh Chrys
Friday, September 27th – Magical Urban

WITCHSTRUCK tour begins: Win a personalised birthchart & $50 giftcard

US readers can now sign in to win a fantastic personalised astrological birthchart and $0 Amazon gift card via Rafflecopter as part of the WITCHSTRUCK blog tour that starts today!

Here's the first stop on the blog tour, ALL THINGS URBAN FANTASY: 'How to become a Witchfinder, a Personal Testimony by Marcus Dent, English Witchfinder, 1554:


"Witches often have an Elder within their coven, who