Thought it was about time that I had an icon for posts about the WW1 novel and associated topics so I did this one - a flooded trench at Passchendaelle in 1917.

I was doing some research yesterday - listening to some of the sound archives they have at the Imperial War Museum. There was some very interesting material, but I had to laugh because ( Read more... )

Every few months I have a flurry of research activity. I generally start to look for some information I need and either find it or find something else. Every time I also find a little bit more about The Way Things are Done ™. As part of my relaxation from The Niece From Hell, I had been planning just such a research flurry for part of this week and ( Read more... )

I went to the library today. I had discovered, quite by accident that the university library allows people to take books out of the reserve section for most of the Christmas holiday, as the library is shut. Reserve books are normally on a 3 hour loan, so this is good news. There were a couple of books which I had thought would be good to get out ( Read more... )

When I'm writing there are books I have beside the computer, that I use all the time. I mean writing generally, if I'm writing HP fanfic, the books should be a given anyway ( Read more... )