by Marg Roberts | Oct 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I finished the first draft of my novel, Kaleidoscope. Instead of being elated as I expected, I felt shattered. Years ago as a college student, I ran 440 yard race for our women’s team. We were pitted against York university. St John’s...
by Marg Roberts | Oct 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
We had a wet September, but last Saturday the sun came out. Along with many others I and a friend strolled through muddy paths we’d avoided during the rain. We didn’t rush. Simply enjoyed what we’d been deprived of for several weeks. The rain had...
by Marg Roberts | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Earlier this month, we spend six nights in Willerby, an East Riding village. Travelling by bus and train, an experience in itself, we visited two seaside resorts, Brid(lington) and Filey. There, and in Hull bus and rail hub, we came across stories of the past told in...
by Marg Roberts | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Marina 2024 1. Reasons for research. During one of the hottest weeks this summer, I visited Hull to research my current novel. It’s set in Hull during one day in 1920. Because I was born in Hull, I’m familiar with the layout of the city. What I was looking...
by Marg Roberts | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Meddling Fiend – Nicola Turner One of the summer’s highlights for me is the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition. It hadn’t registered with me till my niece, Rachel, had a piece accepted in 2015 and I went with my sister to admire...
by Marg Roberts | Jul 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
I like gardening. I love being outside – not quite in all weathers, but most. I prefer a moist soil in which weeds are easily removed, plants dug in and seeds sown. That rarely happens, but it’s a joy when it does. In suitable gear I can find something to...
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