The Heart of Society and a Story of Bristol Harbour

Milsom Street in Bath, built in 1762, was one of the centres of fashionable life in Bath in the 1700s and 1800s. It was where people met to shop. It was where Catherine Moreland, the heroine of “Northanger Abbey”, learned to love a hyacinth. In “The Abolitionist”, Anna Ashwell walks to Milsom Street to look [...]

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Houses in Bath and Houses in Bristol

When Anna Ashwell was in Bath, she often walked up and down Gay Street, which is where Jane Austen stayed when she lived in Bath. {Gay Street Video} Anna, however, stayed in one of the 30 houses of The Royal Crescent. These houses were built between 1767 and 1774 and are one of the greatest [...]

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Bath – Pulteney Bridge

One of the fun things I did in Bath was visit a part of the city, right down at the bottom of the hill and at the back of the abbey, that I’ve never visited before – Pulteney Street and Laura Place – which is where “our cousins the Dalrymples” stay in “Persuasion“. Disclaimer: This [...]

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A Trip (via Video) to Bath!

So, when I went to Bristol and Bath, I took a lot of video of what I was doing and seeing and how it was connected to “The Abolitionist”. This is the first of a series of posts featuring videos that will, hopefully, make you feel (a little bit!) as if you’ve been to Bath [...]

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{Scribbling} What’s your favourite story of all you’ve written?

So … all you scribblers … what’s your favourite story? Oh … I don’t mean your favourite story of all you’ve read. THAT list would include everything from “Pollyanna” to “Pride and Prejudice”! I mean your favourite story of all you’ve WRITTEN? I’ve got quite a collection of stories. The oldest was written in … [...]

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{Review} “The Story of the Bible”

First and last … ? It’s not often a modern book can be described as “beautiful”. But “The Story of the Bible” IS beautiful! Because I love history – especially Jewish and Christian history – and the Bible is one of my favourite books, I was excited about the chance to review a book that [...]

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A book by any other name … ?

Once upon a time … At the end of 2010 I started to write a book – a book called “Georgiana” in honour of the heroine. And then … then the story grew and matured and so did the heroine. And now I’m writing a book called “The Abolitionist” … in honour of the heroine. [...]

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A Peek into a Week in a Scribbler’s Life

Welcome to a typically atypical and unpredictable week in THIS scribbler’s life! Recently, I’ve been thinking about schedules and scheduling in the light of what I like to call Intentional Living. So it was a pleasant (although freaky too – I mean, why did we ALL have the same burst of conviction at the same [...]

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“For Life and For Eternity” Giveaway Winners!

Happy Monday! : ) I wish ALL of you lovely people could have won my latest giveaway! I really want to be able to give a copy of my books to each of you – that would be good! But, anyway, I used Random.org to choose two winners for For Life and For Eternity. ~*~*~*~ [...]

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“For Life and For Eternity” Giveaway and Fun!

Wow! The last book in my Charity’s Diary trilogy is here, lovely bloggie people, and I’m excited! : ) From the beginning, the writing and publishing of my trilogy has been something I never would have done if my Jesus hadn’t called my name and asked me to do it for HIM. The quote on [...]

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