Dec01
How can one not dream up romantic novels with a view like this?
on December 1st, 2011 at 7:03 amPosted In: photos
Hannah Fielding – Romance Novelist
a writer, a reader, a traveller, a dreamer, a devoted romantic
Archive for ‘December, 2011’
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Dec02
In my novel, Burning Embers, the male protagonist, Rafe, uses a number of terms of endearment when speaking to his lover Coral – my darling, my sweet, my love. But the most prevalent, and the most fitting in terms of her character, is ‘rosebud’. To the non-British reader, this may seem an odd choice of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec03
You’d have to be a hermit in a cave to have missed the excitement and passion generated among girls and women across the UK by the latest Twilight movie. Stephenie Meyer’s books have tapped into the deep river of romanticism that lies within the modern woman – though we’re strong and confident and self-sufficient, don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec04
I defy any romantic to watch this film and not love it! In my list of favourite films, it’s right near the top. I love the colours (of course, released in 1939, it was one of the first films shot in colour), the music, the characters, the vivid settings – the heartbreaking and passionate story. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Dec07
View of Deal looking back from Deal Pier: my world!
on December 7th, 2011 at 7:25 amPosted In: photos
Dec10
‘We chase dreams and embrace shadows’: Anatole France
on December 10th, 2011 at 10:54 amPosted In: Burning Embers
Eagle-eyed readers will have spotted the quote that runs along the bottom of this blog: ‘We chase dreams and embrace shadows.’ Anatole France’s quote echoes through my novel Burning Embers. ‘But who was Anatole France?’ you may well be wondering – he’s not a writer perhaps familiar to readers outside France unless you are studying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec11
Every writer has good days and bad days: times when the words just flow onto the page, as if by magic; and times when you seem to spend much of the day gazing out of the window, tidying your desk, looking up words in the dictionary – anything but write. As William Goldman put it, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec13
‘Ice cream? In December?’ I hear you cry. Surely that’s a summer-time treat? Well, not if you follow my easy and quick recipes and combine your favourite festive desserts with creamy ice cream. This is a great way to use up puddings that are going stale, or to serve up a dessert with a difference […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec15
Many frogs live here. I’ve seen them during the day and I hear them at night
Dec17
How peril creates connection
on December 17th, 2011 at 7:32 amPosted In: Burning Embers, how I write
In many love stories – on screen, in literature, in music – there are examples of characters coming together having been in a perilous situation, faced with death. A writer knows that introducing the risk of loss sharpens depends characters’ feelings towards each other, helps them realise those feelings; and, of course, it makes for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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