Very nice…it is odd though as I live close to the Atlantic, about 1/2 a mile from my house, yet I hardly ever spend any time on the shore…when I was young I lived in Michigan which is surrounded by The Great Lakes…I prefer the lakes to the ocean for some reason..
I know people, Tigers68, who prefer inland water to the ocean. I love all sorts of water – rivers, lakes, waterfalls, but I’m most at home by the ocean. When I see it stretched before me, it just feels as if I am where I belong…
Just so you know, I strongly object the southern hemisphere taking away our summer. It just isn’t fair that you’re canoodling on a beach when we’re up here watching the leaves fall 😉
I could say that I spent my weekend meeting you. I discovered you as an author and I am entranced even before reading a single book of yours. Here in Delaware, USA, we are receiving our first hints of Fall, after a summer so wet and humid we might as well be living in Florida. I have your first Gisborne book waiting and then plan to read the first one of the Eirie Chronicles. In my habitual way I have been reading all around you first and so I already know of you as a person to a small extent.
An added pleasure is that my two adult nieces live in Australia, having both moved from England so that your photographs bring them nearer to me.
My love of the Middle Ages began with Middle English literature at university in England and was cemented by reading the novels of Zoe Oldenburg. Years later I read Dorothy Dunnett’s books and have just finished re-reading (for the 3rd time) the Lymond series. Now it is on to your writing and I am in a condition of delighted anticipation.
Hello, Erika. It’s lovely to ‘meet’ you. I’m delighted you’ve found my books and I hope they entertain you and fill in the fall and winter nights adequately. I don’t know if you have e-books or print books, but for the foreseeable future, the last of The Eirie Chronicles and Book Two of The Gisborne Saga are only available as e-books. I need to try and convince my publisher that by taking the rest to print, he will in fact make a little bit of money. (I hope!)
I find 12th-15th centuries fascinating and it was my time at university that gave me the interest. I had a lecturer, an inspired gentleman called Father Rushton, and when he talked of the medieval era and Renaissance, he was magnetic. It was a given that from then on I would read much much medieval fiction as an addition to the texts required of my study years.
As to DD., anyone who knows me or knows this blog, will also know I’m a great fan. I’ll finish the Niccolo series again and go on to Lymond once more. It’s always a thrill!
Thank you for commenting and please return to comment at any time. Cheers and best wishes!
Ooh, Phillipa! Am off to join up. Yes, both are purebreds although the prick-eared one has a million faults and was a reject because of that and a heart defect, which is why we love her. I always vote for the underdog. The Hairy Maclairy is a pure bred from a show line as opposed to the other which is from a hunting line. The difference is manifest although the show dog is losing the show traits and becoming the hunter as he learns from her. Additionally he is a complete clown. They are terrific friends to me and govern my life totally. Thanks so much for the link!
Very nice…it is odd though as I live close to the Atlantic, about 1/2 a mile from my house, yet I hardly ever spend any time on the shore…when I was young I lived in Michigan which is surrounded by The Great Lakes…I prefer the lakes to the ocean for some reason..
I know people, Tigers68, who prefer inland water to the ocean. I love all sorts of water – rivers, lakes, waterfalls, but I’m most at home by the ocean. When I see it stretched before me, it just feels as if I am where I belong…
Just so you know, I strongly object the southern hemisphere taking away our summer. It just isn’t fair that you’re canoodling on a beach when we’re up here watching the leaves fall 😉
I sympathise. But I SWEAR I’ve loved every summer pic that has come my way from the north whilst we’ve had our winter. Can I return the favour?
I could say that I spent my weekend meeting you. I discovered you as an author and I am entranced even before reading a single book of yours. Here in Delaware, USA, we are receiving our first hints of Fall, after a summer so wet and humid we might as well be living in Florida. I have your first Gisborne book waiting and then plan to read the first one of the Eirie Chronicles. In my habitual way I have been reading all around you first and so I already know of you as a person to a small extent.
An added pleasure is that my two adult nieces live in Australia, having both moved from England so that your photographs bring them nearer to me.
My love of the Middle Ages began with Middle English literature at university in England and was cemented by reading the novels of Zoe Oldenburg. Years later I read Dorothy Dunnett’s books and have just finished re-reading (for the 3rd time) the Lymond series. Now it is on to your writing and I am in a condition of delighted anticipation.
Hello, Erika. It’s lovely to ‘meet’ you. I’m delighted you’ve found my books and I hope they entertain you and fill in the fall and winter nights adequately. I don’t know if you have e-books or print books, but for the foreseeable future, the last of The Eirie Chronicles and Book Two of The Gisborne Saga are only available as e-books. I need to try and convince my publisher that by taking the rest to print, he will in fact make a little bit of money. (I hope!)
I find 12th-15th centuries fascinating and it was my time at university that gave me the interest. I had a lecturer, an inspired gentleman called Father Rushton, and when he talked of the medieval era and Renaissance, he was magnetic. It was a given that from then on I would read much much medieval fiction as an addition to the texts required of my study years.
As to DD., anyone who knows me or knows this blog, will also know I’m a great fan. I’ll finish the Niccolo series again and go on to Lymond once more. It’s always a thrill!
Thank you for commenting and please return to comment at any time. Cheers and best wishes!
Hi Prue,
I showed this post to my mum and she loved your dogs and said you should join this Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204500358/
It’s called ‘I Love Jack Russells’ – are your dog’s Jack Russell’s or another type of terrier?
P x
Ooh, Phillipa! Am off to join up. Yes, both are purebreds although the prick-eared one has a million faults and was a reject because of that and a heart defect, which is why we love her. I always vote for the underdog. The Hairy Maclairy is a pure bred from a show line as opposed to the other which is from a hunting line. The difference is manifest although the show dog is losing the show traits and becoming the hunter as he learns from her. Additionally he is a complete clown. They are terrific friends to me and govern my life totally. Thanks so much for the link!