Every so often in the UK, with it being a monarchy, there comes the madness of a royal wedding and the increasingly insane media circus around it.  Think Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton and Diana Spencer, and you get the idea.  However, this is nothing new.  

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Now here's a surprise.  These days we expect our heroines to take the lead at times, or at least not to sit about being passive drips - the days of the woman shrieking helplessly while the man did all the work are long gone.  Even in Georgian and Tudor times, some wome...

With massive thanks to another wonderful author who has agreed to share her experience as a novelist, I welcome multi-award-winning writer Annie West.  A USA Today best-selling author, Annie writes contemporary romance including the Royal Brides for Desert Brothers ser...

Everyone knows the terrible story of Titanic: the unsinkable ship that sank catastrophically in the north Atlantic in 1912, killing 1,500 people.  Most of these were the working class who sailed third class, in a world run on strictly class-divided lines.  Titanic also...

Huge thanks to the lovely Leisl Leighton for agreeing to give an interview today.  A multiple award-winning writer with big vision, she chats about vampires, restaurants and inter-galactic plots...

Leisl, how did you get started as a writer?

I used to run a theatre rest...

It’s a beautiful day here, and a perfect one to go somewhere just as beautiful, famous for its great romance.  Behold the splendour of Hever Castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn.  A smitten Henry VIII came to stay here, or sometimes stayed a few miles away at a huntin...

Thank you to romance writer Susanne Bellamy for sharing her thoughts and experiences today.  Author of the Lark Creek and Hearts of the Outback series, Susanne lives on the edge of the Australian bush when she isn't trekking all over the world!

How did you get started a...

There is a reason why I like writing books set in the early 1800s despite being a medieval historian by trade.  It's also a reason why I suspect Mr Darcy is still so popular - many lovely heroes haven't his longevity, but then nor do many heroes have the power of the s...

Renee Dahlia is an Australian romance writer known for her feisty women and dark humour in books including Heart of a Bluestocking and the Merindah Park series.  She kindly agreed to be my first interviewee from other authors; here, Renee talks horses, her favourite he...