Julia Webb-Harvey

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Dear Santa…

Dear Santa, It’s been a really great year, and I’ve been such a lucky (*coughs*) girl, but if I were to wish for a few things to be bundled up on Christmas Day, they would be: Greater discipline – to… Continue Reading →

Book Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

This is not ordinarily a book that I would have chosen, but a friend handed it to me saying, ‘you must read this.’  The Night Circus is a mysterious, magical book about ‘a thing,’ Le Cirque de Reves. It pops… Continue Reading →

Eureka!

I thought it was time I wrote about progress on my WIP.  I’ve been chipping away, still working with the snowflake method.  I really enjoyed spending time with each of the main characters, and I feel like I have some… Continue Reading →

Book Review: We are all completely beside ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler

This is the story of an American family, as told through the eyes of Rosemary, the eldest daughter of the Cookes.  It is the story of an everyday family, at one level, and an unusual one at another.  It is… Continue Reading →

Being part of the audience at Strictly Come Dancing

  2022 update: after the Covid impacted audience experience, it seems that 2022 is back to the ‘old ways’. Much of the experience is still valid, but Heloise has kindly given her experience from Week 1. Enjoy the series, wherever you’re watching it from!… Continue Reading →

My thoughts about conflict between characters

I’ve been giving a lot of thought since my Literary Adventure about character, particularly about the conflict between characters.  It’s rather timely, as this is the phase I’m currently at within the Snowflake method of developing a novel (yes, it… Continue Reading →

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