No, it is my real name. Yes, it is a great name for someone who writes romance novels. I can’t, of course, claim any credit for it at all.
Welcome to my blog. I hope you’ll enjoy what you find here.
I write historical romances set in the fourteenth century and in the Regency period and I want them to depict those worlds as accurately as possible. That means doing research, which I love. It seems a shame to keep all the interesting things I find out to myself, though. A very small proportion of it makes its way into my novels. The rest of it I’m sharing with you.
I post every Sunday and I hope you’ll join me as often as you can.
A Writer's Perspective 
Nice to meet you April – you have a lovely blog here! I’m a big reader so will keep an eye out for some of your books!
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Thank you. I shall be looking out for more recommendations for things to do with the blog.
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HI April, what a lovely surprise I look forward to reading your books.
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Jill, thank you. I hope you enjoy them.
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I’m very impressed that you are a published historical novelist! I will definitely look up your books!
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Thank you.
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You are very welcome. In fact I apid you what may be a writer’s highest compliment in buying several of your books for my Kindle. I give those books and your blog a mention on my blog post, What I’ve Been Reading Lately: https://timitownsend51.me/2016/08/04/what-ive-been-reading-lately/
I hope you’ll check it out! 🙂
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Oh my goodness. Thank you. I hope you enjoy them. I will definitely have a look.
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Uh oh, typo! Sorry. I meant “paid,” of course, not “apid.” I have a bad habit of forgetting to proofread before hitting Send. 😦
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I’m a dreadful typist, so I tend to check and recheck. My work emails are very dull, as I rewrite them to within an inch of their lives.
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Thanks for following my blog, look forward to reading yours and finding your books, I do like historical fiction.
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Thank you. I’m looking forward to reading about the history of the north east – and seeing the photographs.
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Ellen Hawley at Notes From the U.K. dropped your blog link in my link party post so I thought I’d pop over, check out your page and say hi. “Hi!” lol
Danny
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Hi Danny. Nice to meet you.
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Likewise! I read through a few of your posts and love your page!! 🙂
DR
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Thank you.
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Look forward to reading more of your posts.
Many thanks for stopping my Travel and Photography site.
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Thank you.
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Hi April good to see what you are up to! Very impressed with your blog and list of books. Wil definitely order some. I am working in a secondary school library now. Do you think these will be suitable for the students???
Are you still working your day on too?
Sarat x
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Hi Sarat, thank you for visiting. I shouldn’t think the books would be terribly suitable for under-16s. Although far from graphic, most of them contain scenes of sex and/or violence.
Today is the second anniversary of my retirement:-)
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Hola Abril, es un placer recorrer tu blog. Disfruto de tus post, son un remanso, un pequeño viaje a la Edad Media, época que tanto me dice, Muchas gracias.
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Muchas gracias, Monica.
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Wonderful of you to share the information you find with others, instead of just stashing it away! I look forward to perusing it.
I am a long-time lover of medieval mysteries — especially those by the incredible Edith Pargeter, who used the name Ellis Peters for her Cadfael series, set in medieval Shropshire. As with all mysteries for me, the interest is seldom in the mystery itself, it is in the interaction of characters, the philosophy of the author/main character revealed there (if it is one appealing to me), and, ideally, the deep poetic qualities of the setting. Since you are a generous person, and write sometimes in medieval settings, I’ll check out some of your work. But regardless of anything else, I really appreciate your offering here.
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Thank you. I also enjoyed the Brother Cadfael books. Whenever I go to Shrewsbury, which is about once every three years, I park in the car park across the road from the abbey and I think about Cadfael and about how that area might have looked during the Anarchy.
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