Pamela Hartshorne's Blog, page 2
July 19, 2016
Inspiring images
Q: What do these pictures have in common? A. All have inspired my latest book one way or the other. If you’d like to know what links them all, […]
June 17, 2016
Singing for your supper
I’m writing a scene set in a London merchant’s house, where the family and guests are gathered after supper to entertain themselves. As so often, I’ve gone back to Claudius Hollyband’s Dialogues, reproduced in The Elizabethan […]
May 17, 2016
Elizabethan pop
I’m writing a new book, this one set entirely in the past, and intended to be a historical psychological thriller (must think of a snappier term!), and like all new books, this one necessitates a whole […]
Popular songs, Elizabethan style
I’m writing a new book, this one set entirely in the past, and intended to be a historical psychological thriller (must think of a snappier term!), and like all new books, this one necessitates a whole […]
April 13, 2016
Will the real House of Shadows please stand up …
One of the joys of writing fiction is being able to take inspiration from various sources and put them all together exactly as you want. The exterior of Askerby Hall, the House of Shadows, is […]
March 3, 2016
Forthcoming events
I’ve a few events coming up to mark the paperback release of House of Shadows, so if you happen to be around on any of the days, do come along and say hello. It would be […]
February 25, 2016
Tudor dolls, lack of
I had four dolls when I was a little girl: Prudence (knitted by my aunt), Baby (my favourite), Rosemary, who came in a box dressed as a bride for my fifth Christmas and was the […]
February 12, 2016
House of Shadows in paperback
Take a look at the new cover for the paperback version of House of Shadows (on the left), which will be published on 24 March 2016. The paperback cover is very different from the hardback: which […]
January 24, 2016
Feng shui and an (almost) fresh start
I fully intended to make a fresh start at the beginning of year, but here we are in the fourth week of January and I am still trying to clear my decks of various projects […]
December 2, 2015
3rd December 2015: Publication day!
Thursday 3rd December sees the publication of my fourth historical novel, House of Shadows, in hardback and as an e-book. Like my previous three books published by Pan Macmillan, House of Shadows is set partly […]
