One sunny early Spring Saturday, Alan and I decided to have a potter around Knaresborough castle. I’d not been there for a long while and had forgotten what a fascinating place it is. The castle became a royal residence in
A little while ago, I was delighted to be asked and agreed to do an interview on Elizabeth N Harris’s website – and today she featured me on her ‘Helping Indie Authors‘ Blog as her author of the week. Elizabeth
This year we, ‘The Scriveners,’ a group of seven authors, celebrate seven years together. We were established in May 2013, in one of the smallest and most charming Cathedral cities in North Yorkshire, as part of a new branch of
Hello there, I’ve not been here for a while, so I thought I’d give you a quick update on what I’ve been up to since I last wrote a post. After I helped with her end-of-Winter tidy-up in the garden,
‘Yorkist Stories’ a fabulous collection of stories has just been published on Amazon and is about the men and women who found themselves either by birth, marriage or fate, on the Yorkist side of the Wars of the Roses. The
Today, I spent an amazing morning at the Northallerton Library, with a wonderfully creative group of people. I am still amazed that my 750-word unfinished story was able to generate such a widely diverse response. One was an action
I’ve been thinking about when I first felt the need to write. I remember feeling overwhelmed, not knowing how and where to start. I read dozens of ‘how to be a successful writer’ books – full of advice on planning,
Wed 22/01/2020 10:00-12:00 Marla Skidmore, Write-in. Ever fancied finishing a story? Join us for a fun day and find out., Northallerton Library, 1 Thirsk Road, Northallerton DL6 1PT
It was such a great pleasure spending the morning in the in the Community Library of the lovely Georgian market town of Bedale, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales on Wednesday 27th November. Added to which I was in
