by Marg Roberts | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Haunting cover designed by Adam at Cinnamon Press Nine years ago I celebrated the publication of my first novel in Waterstones, Leamington Spa. Cinnamon Press, my publisher, is a small, independent press and like many similar presses, has needed to diversify to...
by Marg Roberts | Aug 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
A blank page – with lines! Years ago, a friend whose husband had recently retired, told me that he wanted to write. I had just started. I did correspondence courses, used books and gradually got to know other writers near to where I lived. This friend locked her...
by Marg Roberts | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Writing a novel can take several years. It may never be published, so when to celebrate? It took over 12 years for me to complete A Time for Peace and I don’t remember celebrating its progress. Probably its acceptance by Jan Fortune at Cinnamon Press, and...
by Marg Roberts | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Planting sunflowers grown from seed. Does everyone have a book in them? as Christopher Hitchens allegedly said. But a story? Yes, possibly. An anecdote? Without a doubt. One of the reasons I write is to make sense of who I am, in the culture I’m part of. A...
by Marg Roberts | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Both writers and readers are fascinated, not only by the meaning of words, but often by their origins. ‘Comfort’ tends to be associated with ease, as in, I prefer to sit in a comfortable chair. The word originated from the Latin, comfort and the...
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