Author: Jane Reddington
Ecstatic this afternoon learning about how the Dead Sea scrolls were found
Sometimes you can read and read and read some more and find that you’re kind of going round in circles. Following links, reading photocopies and running the highlighters dry. It all can feel a little bit, I dunno, tiresome. Then a thought enters, an idea and then it is like a mystery, following a clue […]
More conversations with my writer-self about progress
So my writer self came to the door again today and I invited her inside. We sat on the deck, and we talked about getting on with the process of researching my next story. HER: “So the kids have been back at school for a week now and you’re not doing as much as I thought […]
Being a stay at home mum is a luxury for your spouse
I don’t often say very much about being a stay at home mum to two extraordinary children, but a friend recently passed on an article she’s read and I loved reading it so much that I had to post it here.
And this friends is the very thing i’m talking about
Just out and about on the internet and found this awesome article about a hoard of Roman coins found in the UK. I love it when life imitates art, or art imitates life. Come on Mabel Hartley and the Crusader’s Hoard!
Watching soap operas in the ancient valley of Petra
One of my favorite parts of being a writer is learning about new things, new ways of life, new ways of looking at the world. I love learning about how people live and doing the research for my 3rd story is no exception…in fact it’s even better because I know virtually nothing about how nomadic […]
Can’t stop thinking of the book i’m reading “Gone Girl”
I have a problem. I love reading. But I can’t just read anything. I’m a bit picky and really if the author hasn’t got me in the first 20 pages then I’m pretty well done. Once in a while I will try to struggle through a book, because “i’ve heard” it’s a masterpiece but then every […]
Turbans and learning Arabic anyone?
So I’ve spent most of my day reading about and dreaming about a place called Petra, Jordan where red rock canyons reach for blue skies and tombs carved into rock facades speak to the opulence of kings and queens dead for over 2,000 years. Yes, I’m back at the books learning about ancient trade routes, […]
Mabel Hartley The Crusader’s Hoard – Day 1
It’s Sept. 24. I’ve got my bouquet of fresh flowers and my new saucepan (rewards system in effect here) and I’m feeling ready to begin my next story, which will be the 3rd story in my Mabel Hartley series. The good news is that I spent most of last winter researching this story so now […]
Compression – Word of the Day
Compression: “to squeeze together, to bring into a smaller space, press on a part of the body to stop bleeding” Propped up on my pink rose pillows I’m thinking about the word compression today. My daughter’s home and having a viewing of “The Secret Garden” and I have a minute to write. I am so […]
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