When I began Sherwood Ltd. I had no idea that Anne R. Allen’s inimitable fiction was based on fact. In fact, more fact than fiction. It’s hard to believe that any one could have had such an out-of -body experience in their writing life, but Anne did and lived to tell… and sell… the story! [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Anglophilia bites Indie Chick on neck…
Posted in Anne R Allen, anthologies, e-books, Indie Chicks, indie writers, Mesmered, Prue Batten, tagged Anne R Allen, Indie Chicks, Mesmered, MWiDP, Prue Batten, women's anthology on January 29, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Joanna Lumley…
Posted in Joanna Lumley, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, tagged Ab Fab, Joanna Lumley, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Purdey, The Avengers on January 24, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Last week, I watched the first part of a documentary about one person’s journey to the source of the Nile. It’s been done before by many different presenters but none captured my interest the way Joanna Lumley has. What is it about her? Is it that we are of an age? Or that various roles [...]
Step back just a little… an Indie Chick’s journey to the Middle Ages.
Posted in anthologies, e-books, historical fiction, Indie Chicks, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, women's anthology, writing, tagged Ellis Peters, historical fiction, Indie Chicks, inspirational words, Kindle, Sarah Woodbury, womens' anthologies, writing on January 23, 2012 | 5 Comments »
There’s something unerringly familiar about Sarah’s epiphany. Who amongst us hasn’t burst into tears at the realisation there is another life, a dream that could become a reality if only the fairy godmother would wave her wand. The trouble is that the fairy godmother is actually hidden deep inside our own psyche. Sarah tells us [...]
Light…
Posted in Australia, cool posts, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, writers, writing, tagged Mesmered, Prue Batten, writing on January 20, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Light can mean so many things. In this tiny cottage, we are lit by the full face of the sun in summer and winter. The original owner was English and he and his wife had lived in Sweden and had an intrinsic understanding of the value of light in life. Thus this little house has [...]
Filling the holes… an indie chick speaks from the heart.
Posted in anthologies, e-books, e-publication, Indie Chicks, indie writers, Kindle, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, writing inspiration, tagged Indie chicks anthology, indie writers, inspirational writing, Suzanne tyrpak on January 16, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Perfection… a word that means many things. More than anything, I think it means a struggle and I know what that feels like. I also know that failure is the other side of the coin. Susan Tyrpak’s story on perfection and the holes that it burns into the fabric of one’s life is a lesson that [...]
Are writers born with the ability? Matt Posner in the Big Red Chair…
Posted in e-publication, Kindle, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, tagged indie writers, literature, Matt Posner, Mesmered, Prue Batten, writing on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
My guest in the Red Chair surprised me in our initial chat when he stated outright that he felt he was born with the ability to write. What surprised me was not that he said such a thing, but that I had never thought of writing that way. Some time ago I was asked whether [...]
New Page on Mesmered…
Posted in fantasy writing, The Stumpwork Robe, The Last Stitch, fantasy inspiration, folktale, myth, fantasy worlds, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Bo Press, fantasy maps, A Thousand Glass Flowers, tagged world-building, fantasy writing, Prue Batten, fantasy maps, Mesmered, fantasy worlds, The Chronicles of Eirie, Bo Press Studio on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For quite a long while readers have asked about the fantasy world of Eirie, and finally, after prompting from my digital publisher MWiDP, I am creating a page and sub-pages to illustrate the world as I know it. I hope it will help any reader who may want to get to know the world more. [...]
A letter written by Pup…
Posted in Bee stings in dogs, Jack Russell Terriers, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Spooks, Uncategorized, tagged bee stings in dogs., Jack Russell Terriers, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Pup, Spooks on January 6, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Dear Great Aunt J, (mother of pup’s vet) Mummy said to write and tell you of my latest adventure, but I don’t think it was an adventure. It hurt and I got very frightened. I got bitten by a BEE today… or a jackjumper ant. Not sure which. But Grandmother T. chases bees and she [...]
Retrospective fantasies… an indie chick’s view.
Posted in e-books, Mesmered, Prue Batten, Uncategorized, women's anthology, tagged Cheryl Shireman, Indie Chicks, indie writers, Mesmered, Prue Batten, womens' anthologies on January 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Whilst its summer here in my country and we are lying around on the beach or on chaises under the willows, Cheryl Shireman is staring out at a snow white scene on the edge of a iced-over lake in the middle of a blizzard. Cheryl is the person who conceived the idea of a group [...]
