It’s taken me the best part of a year, but the sequel to Wales Rising Book One ‘Give Us This Day – the Merthyr rising’ is finally available. I’ve loved researching the Rebecca riots, for once a setting close to my home in West Wales, and visiting the places where the old tollhouses and tollgates … More Pre-order now and have it delivered to your e-reader on October 19th.
Ideas for a story can come from anywhere. A news bulletin, a stray remark from a friend, a picture that needs those thousand words writing down, a cheese sandwich (yes, really, though I haven’t yet written this one), a personal experience, a place that ‘speaks to you’. Having a keen interest in history, and how … More What inspirations and experiences affect how a novel is written?
Where do authors find the inspirations for their stories? This trilogy, or a least, book one because I didn’t start out to write a trilogy, was inspired by an article on the television program Flog It! They were visiting the Black Country Living Museum in what was in the early twentieth century the heart of … More THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES – THE CHAINMAKERS TRILOGY
http://mybook.to/GiveUsThisDay https://www.books2read.com/GiveUsThisDay I was looking for inspiration for another historical tale and as past iniquities fascinate me – I love learning about our past and the people who made us who we are, and an internet search brought up Dic Penderyn. I’d never heard of him or the Merthyr rising, but I was intrigued, not … More THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES – Give Us This Day – The Merthyr Rising.
It all began when I saw a TV report about the Black Country Living Museum and the women chainmaker’s strike of 1910, when they fought the chain masters for a living wage and paved the way for a National Minimum Wage – the phrase The White Slaves of England piqued my interest. That children from … More The trilogy I didn’t intend to write.
I had a review a while ago for one of my historical novels. It went something like this, ‘Rebecca Bryn isn’t afraid of tackling the hard subjects.’ Another reviewer said of the horror of WW1 ‘Rebecca Bryn was brave enough to dwell on it.’ I confess that to begin with, I shied away from tackling … More Sanitising our history – and why we shouldn’t.
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about removing statues and destroying parts of our history because it’s contentious. The sad fact is that most of our history is contentious, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taught. In fact, it’s all the more reason why it should be taught. Our history is the path … More History we shouldn’t forget.
Firstly, I’m happy to announce that my latest novel, The Chainmaker’s Wife, is available to pre-order at http://mybook.to/ChainmakersWife Book One, The Chainmakers’ Daughter, is also available at http://mybook.to/ChainmakersDaughter It’s been an interesting book to write given the present happenings around the globe – so much in it resonates with today’s problems – truly, nothing really … More New release! Nothing really changes.
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