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Angel’s Share is published!

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Posted on May 14, 2020 by Seymour
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“It ain’t all in books, Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, River of Stones, The Astreya Trilogy, Uncategorized | Tagged River of Stones, The Astreya Trilogy | Leave a reply

Review of Cantilena for Seven Voices: Dante’s Women Speak by Tinney Sue Heath

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Seymour
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One of the pleasures of retirement is to take a morning when the rest of the world is busy being busy, and read a book. If in addition the book in question is a delight in itself, the whole day … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Reviews and Interviews | Tagged Beatrice, Dante, Dramatic monologue, Florence, Historical Novel, Sordello, Tinney Sue Heath | Leave a reply

Yes, but what’s it ABOUT?

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Seymour
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“I just that I really like schooners. Continue reading →

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Shirley MacKenzie can see into my head

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Seymour
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Here is one of the illustrations Shirley Mackenzie drew for River of Stones, which will be launched in the next few days. When I looked at her first draft, a host of objections swarmed into my mind. Where were the … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, River of Stones, The Astreya Trilogy, The Hippies Who Meant It, The Laughing Princess | Tagged Illustration, River of Stones, The Astreya Trilogy, The Hippies Who Meant It, The Laughing Princess | 1 Reply

A Conversation with Jessica Knauss, author of Awash in Talent

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Seymour
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Jessica: I’m not sure I would qualify Awash in Talent as an allegory per se, but I certainly intended the Talents to represent differences in society … that tend to be marginalized Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Talking With Writers | Tagged Awash in Talent, Interview, Jessica Knauss, On Writing | Leave a reply

A review of Britannia’s Spartan by Antoine Vanner

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Seymour
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A glimpse into the most populous area of the world at a time when it was largely misunderstood or ignored by Europe and America. Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Reviews and Interviews | Tagged 19C China Korea & Japan, Antoine Vanner, Historic Fiction, The Dawlish Chronicles | Leave a reply

The Setting of Historical Novels

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Seymour
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I wrote this piece at the request of Jess Wells, who published it first on Jun 19 2014 on her page at Red Room, http://redroom.com/member/jess-wells Elmore Leonard’s 9th rule of writing is, “Don’t go into great detail describing places and things.” … Continue reading →

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Dragons and a Princess with New Artwork

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Seymour
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I asked Seymour Hamilton, author of The Laughing Princess, how it came about that he met Shirley MacKenzie, who did the lovely new cover and many other drawings for that book. This is how he explains it:

I met Shirley MacKenzie at a reading soiree at a now defunct indie bookseller which had our books on consignment. Shirley had written and illustrated a moving account of her search for her birth mother and father. The emotional impact of Shirley’s story was in her drawings, which are at the intersection between personal and universal. She does not tell her reader what to think or feel: she presents evocative images of loss, longing and fulfillment that haunt me still. Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, The Laughing Princess | Tagged Illustration, On Writing, Shirley MacKenzie, The Laughing Princess | Leave a reply

Talking with Writers: Alaric Bond

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Seymour
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Alaric Bond is author of the Fighting Sails Series. He talks about his work, writing process, research, inspirations, what he’s reading, and we discuss what we both owe to the late Tom Grundner, founder of our publisher Fireship Press.

Alaric Bond was born in Surrey, England, and now lives in Herstmonceux, East Sussex. Bond has been writing professionally for over twenty years with work covering broadcast comedy (commissioned to BBC Light Entertainment for 3 years), periodicals, children’s stories, television and the stage. Continue reading →

Posted in Talking With Writers | Tagged Audio Interview, Days of Sail, Historic Fiction, Nautical Fiction, SoundCloud | Leave a reply

In Search of Treasure Island

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Seymour
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An exchange on Facebook in 2013 with Shirley Mackenzie, artist and illustrator.

Shirley Mackenzie
Seymour, may I present you with a challenge? What scene from Treasure Island goes unrecognized as significant to the theme and SHOULD be illustrated? Continue reading →

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