Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 27

Novel titles: Which comes first, the story or its title?

'The title is such an integral part of any novel that I write. It’s the cornerstone, essentially. From the title flows the work. Thus, the title fits...'

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Healing through music: the power of music therapy

'Music has such power to heal – to bring about release, to soothe, to stir, to inspire. Can Catriona help Umberto to find his way home, back to music, back to himself?'

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After ‘The End’: revisiting past books

'I would love to return to each of my story worlds. I would love to tell the stories from different angles and perspectives, go back in time and forward, fill gaps, reimagine – dream it all over again...'

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Escape and unwind with my novel Indiscretion

Indiscretion: a compelling story of love and identity, danger and desire. Yours free!

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Charles Perrault, father of the fairy tale

'The world may never have had the fairy tale were it not for Perrault and a group of other intellectuals challenging the status quo in literature in the 17th century...'

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Falling for the boss

'In my novels, the heroines build their careers with hard work and determination. But love has a habit of getting in the way. What happens when you become entangled with the boss?'

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Could you write a novel?

'What does it take to write an entire novel? You need an idea, of course, and a desire to see where that idea may lead you. But beyond that, all you really need is determination...'

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Solace in nature

'When I see a butterfly flitting frenetically through the air, when I touch the smooth leaf of a rhododendron, when I gaze up at a tree that has stood tall for more than a hundred years – then, I feel calm...'

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Fiction: ‘the triumph over chaos’

'To write fiction, to express oneself eloquently and with passion, to set down the words in order – that requires triumph over chaos. But more than that, I think writing demands finding a harmonious way of being with chaos...'

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Romance, interrupted

'Does it matter, ultimately, when a romance is interrupted, when a hero and heroine spend years apart when they could have been together?'

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