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“Margaret’s Rematch” has gone through a bit of editing (took me about a year that bit!) and acquired a new cover! I always loved the old cover but I adore the new one. Tell me what you think! Isn’t it lovely?

Another week, another beginning… of my novel. It’s the third week into NaNoWriMo and I’m barely writing these days, mainly because the story I started writing is not the same story I’ve got at the moment and while I had spent years thinking about the former story I know precious little about the latter one. [...]

Well, my second week wasn’t as successful as my first. Not that I expected anything else. I’m exhausted both physically and mentally and I feel that I need some time off writing. It didn’t help matters that half-way through the second week I found myself on the edge of a massive gaping hole in the [...]

I didn’t plan on doing NaNo this year (I tried only once before and only ever wrote about 5000 words, though whether it was due to laziness or lack of time I don’t remember), but on the 1st of November something took hold of me and told me that it would be a great opportunity [...]

Due to the fact that I decided (quite suddenly) to take part in NaNoWriMo this year in order to write my fantasy novel, loosely based on “Almendra: A Fairy-Tale”, I’m putting on hold all my Regency projects such as “The Unfortunate Story of Miss Storm” that I’ve been posting on-line and my current and greatly [...]

I don’t know how long I’ll last this time around (I think I didn’t make it beyond one week’s mark last time I tried) but I’ve decided to take part in NaNoWriMo again and write, or at the very least start writing, Almendra: a novel – Almendra’s Quest . Who else is doing NaNoWriMo this year? I’m looking [...]

In honour of Halloween I decided to post a rather scary (at least that was what I thought when I was writing it, because it was inspired by my fears connected with the uncertainty of the future and its oftentimes nasty surprises) excerpt from Almendra: A Fairy-Tale. Before entering the sinister shade of the ShawlWood, Joannah [...]

I’d like you all to meet Ethel Northbrook – a character without a story and (occasionally) my alter ego (if you visit this BLOG you’ll know what I mean). Anyway, today my paper self is indulging in a bit of witch-and-pumpkin impersonation fun.

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My dearest Louisa, I have been in the most dreadful and pathetic state these two centuries at least. So wretchedly ill and fatigued you have no idea. My hands are so weak and lifeless I can barely proceed with what I have set out to do this morning, however, I am determined, even if it [...]

My dearest Louisa, You know how much I love you but I must tell you quite honestly that you are the most ridiculous creature that I have ever met with in all my life. How droll you are! I am sure I was excessively diverted by your letter so much so that I desired to [...]

Oh, Emily! What have you done? What were you thinking when you eloped with the Captain? No, no! I do not know what I am saying! You did not think about mother and father and your sisters and how it would effect them; you did not even think about your own self and your reputation when [...]

London, 18- My dearest Louisa, How do you like my new address? I am sure you shall be monstrously shocked when you read it. And yet, if you are not alone when you receive the letter, I must beg you to exert yourself and conceal both your knowledge and your agitation, for it is all quite a big [...]

I love books. I love buying and reading them and I have a particular fondness for second-hand books, because they smell of history. However, I am rather limited in my choice of books here in Odessa, because there are only two bookshops that sell English-language books and that more or less cater to my literary [...]

A few weeks ago I started working on yet another Regency in letters. I decided to post it on-line every Wednesday under a pen name. With that purpose in mind I created a separate blog, Twitter and e-mail accounts. However, this double kind of life is taking too much of my time and is definitely [...]

I’ve been busy writing these couple of weeks and I couldn’t have been happier. I’ve written quite a lot, but now I can feel the slow-down and the apathy settling in. I blame Pottermore and my lack of welcome e-mail!!! However, I’ll try to stay on track and preserve my writing pace. I just need [...]

There’s a new interview with me at Seven Earths blog where I talk about my past and present inspirations, my love for Regency and my preference for fantasy.

By the way, you can purchase paperback “Almendra: A Fairy-Tale” with 20% discount at Librifiles Publishing!