The Passion for History blog is on a break. Enjoy your reading, writing and history. See you in a couple of weeks!
The RNA’s Regency Day last Saturday was splendid fun and thank you to all the organisers for the hard work they put into making the day such a great mixture of events. There’s a wonderful summary of the day here on the RNA blog. Thanks to Annie Burrows for that. It’s impossible to pick out [...]
On this day in 1784 James Tytler undertook the first balloon ascent in Britain. The flight took place at Carlton Hill in Edinburgh. James Tytler was the son of a minister, born in near Brechin in 1745. As a young man he taught himself basic science and medicine before becoming apprenticed to a surgeon. He [...]
A few weeks ago I visited a part of North London I didn’t know very well and did some historical exploring around Canonbury. Canonbury Square was laid out in 1800, the first square to be built in Islington as residential London spread outwards in the 19th century. It was developed by Henry Leroux and Richard [...]
It’s a feature of my writing that I cut almost as much from a book as I leave in. Sometimes I’ll write a scene and then take it out, knowing immediately that it doesn’t work. Sometimes it will get sacrificed at the revision stage when I realise that much as I want to keep a particular scene in, [...]
Please join me today at the blog of fabulous author Mia Marlowe! We’re talking travel, dogs and historical inspiration. There is also a copy of Lord of Scandal up for grabs!
Yesterday I was in the mood for a read that was romantic and funny, sweet and sexy. Lucky for me, then, that fellow author Emma Shortt had sent me a copy of The Valentine’s Fae, her latest novella. The Valentine’s Fae is a delicious treat of a fairy story. I loved the magical world that Emma [...]
A very Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that 2011 brings you many wonderful things and lots of good books to read. With all good wishes from Nicola!
Firstly an enormous THANK YOU to all my readers for being such a wonderful bunch of people, for buying my new series, sending me such lovely emails and commenting on my blog. Mistress By Midnight has followed One Wicked Sin into the Bookscan chart this week and I am hugely grateful. It warmed up my [...]
It’s no secret amongst my closest friends and family that when I was writing the Scandalous Women of the Ton series there were times when I was closer to giving up writing than at any other time in my career, times when I simply couldn’t get the stories to come together or I was so [...]