Two Days at Windsor: A FREE Short Story from SAW Publishing
Two days at Windsor isn’t a very long time to soak in a panorama of historic events. In fact, as young Hugh declares, “How uncommonly short ‘a sight’ is!” Far…
Read moreThe Second Day of Creation: A FREE Poetry Download from SAW Publishing
“The Second Day of Creation” is a little-known piece by 19th century poet and missionary Thomas Whytehead, that deserves far greater popularity than it currently enjoys. “And God said, Let…
Read moreBehind the Scenes of Adelaide’s Orphans – Visiting “Highbank Castle”
As we continue the SAW Publishing behind-the-scenes tour of Adelaide’s Orphans, we come to the site which had the most obvious impact on the novel’s development. The forbidding walls of…
Read moreBehind the Scenes of Adelaide’s Orphans – Visiting Preston Tower
Continuing our sneak-peak preview of the making of Adelaide’s Orphans, we come to the Preston pele tower. In Adelaide’s Orphans, a tower based upon this unique building appears…
Read moreBehind the Scenes of Adelaide’s Orphans – Visiting Housey Crags
As some of you may already know, my new book Adelaide’s Orphans made the short list of the Word Alive Press writing contest in 2014. Sheep Among Wolves is preparing…
Read moreMerry Christmas!
Well, the day has come at last! Christmas Eve, 2014. As we gather with friends and family to celebrate our Lord’s birth, we hear again the echoes of the angels’…
Read moreOur God, Our Help in Ages Past
When Grace Macintosh is lost in a sudden snowstorm, she remembers a hymn which her Aunt Alice has taught her. Teaching children the words to hymns as part of their…
Read morePsalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Psalm 4 – The Scottish Psalter 1 Give ear unto me when I call, God of my righteousness: Have mercy, hear my pray’r; thou…
Read moreThe Lost Art of Letter Writing
When my husband’s grandfather passed away, my mother-in-law found a shoe box full of letters and cards that people had sent to her parents over their lifetime. Letters that brought…
Read moreHelen’s Cake Recipe
In the third chapter of Miss Macintosh, Helen sets out to fill her aunt’s shoes as grandly as possible. It’s baking day at Chiveley, and Helen has wonderful ideas for…
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