Author: writeanne

I'm part subversive old bat and part kind-hearted soul. I'm a writer of novels for adults and for children. I'm also a, wife, mother and grandmother. I'm a Scot living in the north of Scotland; I blog in order to engage with both the readers of my books and the wider community. When I'm not writing, I enjoy reading, yoga, listening to music, going to the theatre, going for long walks, and playing with my grandchildren. I blog about books I've read, places I've visited, about my life as an author and about life in all its variety, richness and wonder. I'm mostly bewildered but have occasional flashes of insight...
26 Books Challenge 2017 · book review · Reading

26 Books in 2017 Book 15: Finding Alison by Deirdre Eustace @bwpublishing #bookreview #MondayBlogs

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  Book 15 in the 26-Books-in-52-Weeks Challenge has to be a book that someone else recommended to me. As with many of the other categories in this challenge the list of potential choices was quite a long one. This is because I base most of my book choices on someone else’s recommendations. I sometimes go… Continue reading 26 Books in 2017 Book 15: Finding Alison by Deirdre Eustace @bwpublishing #bookreview #MondayBlogs

Reflecting · Writing

Writing the Story: It’s all about the Characters

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  Telling Imaginative Histories I prefer to read and write character driven fiction. Don’t get me wrong both plot and setting are important to me, but they don’t excite me, either as an author or reader in the same way that characters do. Characters bring stories to life. The novelist, Dame Hilary Mantel, gave the… Continue reading Writing the Story: It’s all about the Characters

News · Reflecting

Breaking Down the Barriers Between Science and the Arts with @SAWTrust

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Just before I started to write this post, I was listening to the Andrew Marr Show on BBC Radio 4. The panel of expert guests had been invited to discuss science. Specifically, in a programme entitled From Darwin to Big Data, they were asked to consider whether scientists have failed to communicate their work to… Continue reading Breaking Down the Barriers Between Science and the Arts with @SAWTrust

26 Books Challenge 2017 · book review · Books · Reading

26 Books in 2017 Book 13: The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal @davcr @ProfileBooks

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Book number 13 in the 26-Books-in-52-Weeks challenge has to be a book with a number in the title. There are various books I could have chosen. For example, one favourite from this category would be The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan, which is probably the first thriller I read aged about thirteen. Another favourite… Continue reading 26 Books in 2017 Book 13: The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal @davcr @ProfileBooks