Once again, I have been waylaid by real life, my friends.  Or rather, by the pressures of doing writerly things ( Read more... )

Yesterday evening, I had the very great pleasure of giving a lecture at the Beith Cultural and Historical Society centred on the historical events that inspired 'Fire and Sword'.  A modest audience of 11 people turned up for the occasion - though I was fortunate enough to count the Honorary President of the Dorothy Dunnett Society amongst their ( Read more... )

Or: Why Writing A Novel Is Very Much Like Completing a Ph.D ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks back, I got more than a little exasperated when I read an article did the rounds on Facebook amongst my writer friends.  It was an interview with a moderately famous author (can't remember her name, sorry...), whose novel 'There's Something About Kevin' has recently skyrocketed in popularity when it was turned into a film.  Anyway ( Read more... )

You don't hear much from me these days, I know ( Read more... )

It's official!  My novel is out there in the big bad world!!!  It's available on Amazon, and on the Barnes & Noble website, too.  You can get it in paperback, or as an e-book (kindle or nook ( Read more... )

After months of slogging away endlessly, I'm within a whisker of finishing off the current edit of Book Two ( Read more... )

Here it is!!

The 'prototype' edition of my forthcoming novel which arrived (in my absence) on Saturday:-


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My website, which I have been patiently crafting with the help and support of the wonderful bunn.  There's still a bit more content to be added, but it's pretty much all there, so please feel free to take a browse.

http://www.louiseturner.co.uk/There's also a new blog there, which I hope to update on a regular basis.  It will feature all my writing ( Read more... )

Hoorah!  The cover art is done for my forthcoming novel Fire and Sword, and it's well and truly gorgeous.

The artist was Hadley Rille Books regular Tom Vandenberg, who has recently completed cover art for Mark Nelson's fantasy novel 'King's Gambit'  and Karin Rita Gastreich's novel 'Eolyn' (erratum - the lovely bogwitch64has reminded me that the cover ( Read more... )