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…
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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 moreAs 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 moreWell, 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 moreWhen 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 morePsalm 4 – The Scottish Psalter 1 Give ear unto me when I call, God of my righteousness: Have mercy, hear my pray’r; thou…
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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…
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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…
Read more“I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men.” The words of…
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