Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 74
January 5, 2016
Fiesta de Los Tres Reyes Mages
For many countries, Christmas is but a distant memory (have you taken down your decorations by now? I expect so). But not for the Spanish, for whom today, 6th January, […]
January 4, 2016
Suddenly Mrs Darcy by Jenetta James
From the blurb: Elizabeth Bennet never imagined her own parents would force her to marry a virtual stranger. But when Mrs. Bennet accuses Fitzwilliam Darcy of compromising her daughter, that […]
January 1, 2016
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! I wish you good cheer, hope, success, good health and, above all, love in 2016 – all of which are so beautifully encapsulated in this poem by […]
December 29, 2015
The legendary Don Juan
What does the name ‘Don Juan’ mean to you? No doubt you can think of various characters with the name and attributes of Juan, the archetypal womaniser. Given that the […]
December 27, 2015
Book titles: What’s in a name?
For me, choosing the title of a book is one of the most fun parts of the writing process. But it is also one of the most important elements when […]
December 24, 2015
Happy Christmas! I hope you are celebrating today with so...
Happy Christmas! I hope you are celebrating today with someone special. Here is one of my favourite seasonal poems, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (The three kings Melchior and Gaspar and […]
December 22, 2015
Should we be interested in authors, or only their books?
The novelist Jean Rhys declared: ‘All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person.’ I understand her viewpoint […]
December 21, 2015
Luz de Rueda: professional biographer
In my new novel Masquerade, the heroine Luz is a writer. She works on commission, writing biographies of notable figures. A Cambridge graduate, her first commission was penning the biography […]
December 20, 2015
Midwinter’s Eve Giveaway Hop
Welcome to my stop on the Midwinter’s Eve Giveaway Hop. I am giving away a $10/£10 Amazon gift card to put towards your Christmas festivities. Entry is open to US and […]
December 15, 2015
Books: not merely a pleasure, but a necessity
I was brought up in a house in which books were ever-present. As a little girl, it did not occur to me to question the books in just about every […]
