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Following my presentation to the Suncoast Writers’ Guild, I was interviewed by the local newspaper. Here’s a copy of the article. Boca Grande’s serenity inspires ‘Ring of Lies’ By STEPHEN HARRISON SUN CORRESPONDENT ENGLEWOOD — Novelist Victoria Howard spends only one month a year in Boca Grande, yet manages to make an impact on the […]
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Writing is, for the most part, a lonely profession, but once in a while I receive an invitation to give a talk. A couple of weeks ago, I spent a delightful morning talking to the members of the Parkgate Branch of the University of the 3rd Age. For those of you unfamiliar with the name, […]
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On my recent appearance on the Rony Robinson Show on BBC Radio Sheffield, we talked about backstory or the infodump, and why telling the reader too much, too soon, should be avoided. What exactly do writers mean when they talk about backstory? Basically, it is filling the reader in on the background of your story, […]
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I’ve been invited to take part in a discussion on BBC Radio Sheffield on Tuesday the 24th March at 1.25pm. I’ll be discussing my new book, The House on the Shore, and taking part in host, Rony Robinson’s project to get the listeners to write a poem. Why not listen in and join in the […]