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You're very welcome, Colleen. I do hope you enjoy the book. I put it in the post in the UK yesterday; I hope that means it will reach you by Christmas.
I have a lovely Christmas with my family planned, and then 2017 will bring a brand-new novel.
Best wishes, Hannah
I have a lovely Christmas with my family planned, and then 2017 will bring a brand-new novel.
Best wishes, Hannah
Hannah Fielding
Each book reads as standalone; each is a unique story. They interconnect simply because each book follows the next generation of families in Andalucía, Spain - so you can read Book 3 on its own. I hope this is helpful.
Hannah Fielding
Legacy will be released this summer. I don't have an exact date yet, but I hope to have one soon. Thanks for asking!
Hannah Fielding
One of my favourite quotes about writer’s block is this: “Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: ‘Fool!’ said my muse to me, ‘look in thy heart, and write.’” ― Sir Philip Sidney
I have two ways of dealing with writer’s block.
The first one is patience. If you sit there in front of a blank page – and I’ve done that, sometimes for as much as a couple of hours – the muse eventually takes pity on you and visits.
The second one is to get into my car and drive to a place that has inspired me in the past. That also usually works. It might be a garden overlooking the sea, a meadow carpeted with wild flowers if I’m searching for a setting for a love scene, or a cafe bustling with people where I can find the description for one of my characters.
I have two ways of dealing with writer’s block.
The first one is patience. If you sit there in front of a blank page – and I’ve done that, sometimes for as much as a couple of hours – the muse eventually takes pity on you and visits.
The second one is to get into my car and drive to a place that has inspired me in the past. That also usually works. It might be a garden overlooking the sea, a meadow carpeted with wild flowers if I’m searching for a setting for a love scene, or a cafe bustling with people where I can find the description for one of my characters.
Hannah Fielding
Getting to write every single day! I know of no greater pleasure.
Hannah Fielding
First and foremost write from the heart. Be true to yourself and don’t compromise to please the market. Market change, fads come and go; your work will remain.
Research your facts thoroughly. A writer today has no excuse for not getting his/her facts right. Use all the tools available to you. Travel, internet, books, films, documentaries; it’s all there to enrich your experience and make your writing journey easier.
Plan your novel up to the smallest detail. This will make your writing so much easier and therefore so much more enjoyable. A plan is your map. Would you set out on a long journey by car without a map?
Read, reread, and reread. Edit, Edit, Edit. Go through your manuscript again and again and edit it. I know that it will break your heart to delete a phrase or even one word you spent time agonizing on, buts sometimes less is better than more. Not an easy advice to follow, but in the long run it does work. If you can leave the manuscript along for a few weeks and revisit it at a later date, reading it as if it were someone else’s, than that’s even better.
Do not get discouraged. Continue to write whether you think your work is good or bad. There is no bad writing. There are good days and bad days. The more you write, the better you will get.
Research your facts thoroughly. A writer today has no excuse for not getting his/her facts right. Use all the tools available to you. Travel, internet, books, films, documentaries; it’s all there to enrich your experience and make your writing journey easier.
Plan your novel up to the smallest detail. This will make your writing so much easier and therefore so much more enjoyable. A plan is your map. Would you set out on a long journey by car without a map?
Read, reread, and reread. Edit, Edit, Edit. Go through your manuscript again and again and edit it. I know that it will break your heart to delete a phrase or even one word you spent time agonizing on, buts sometimes less is better than more. Not an easy advice to follow, but in the long run it does work. If you can leave the manuscript along for a few weeks and revisit it at a later date, reading it as if it were someone else’s, than that’s even better.
Do not get discouraged. Continue to write whether you think your work is good or bad. There is no bad writing. There are good days and bad days. The more you write, the better you will get.
Hannah Fielding
I am currently editing for publication the first book in a fiery trilogy set in Andalucia, Spain, spanning three generations of a Spanish/English family, from 1950 to the present day. It is the passionate story of the de Falla family, some of whom have roots in England, and their interaction with the gypsies. A tale of love, treachery, deceit and revenge a rumbling volcano, set against the fierce and blazing Spanish land, which is governed by savage passions and cruel rules.
Hannah Fielding
Of all the things inspire me, views top the list! I was lucky enough to grow up in a house with a view of the Mediterranean, and even as a young child I remember staring out at the sparkling blue and dreaming up romantic fairytales. Then, as a young woman, I began travelling, and a whole world of romance opened up to me. First Kenya – wild, colourful, exotic – which would become the setting of my debut romance novel, Burning Embers. Then Italy, setting for The Echoes of Love. Time spent in Spain and Greece informed my next novels, and then there was Switzerland, France, England, Egypt. With all this wonderful fodder for the imagination, I could just write and write…
And I do – every day, I sit down and write. But exactly where I write is of paramount importance to my getting into the right mindset to write evocative, vivid, passionate romance. I can’t write it in a cold, dark, soulless office. I can’t write it with a view of a brick wall. I CAN write when my surroundings are in themselves romantic.
My husband and I split our time between two homes, one in Kent, England, and the other on the Côte d’Azur, France. Both homes were carefully chosen for their inspirational and beautiful architecture, the lands that surround them and their views – views that make one dream.
And I do – every day, I sit down and write. But exactly where I write is of paramount importance to my getting into the right mindset to write evocative, vivid, passionate romance. I can’t write it in a cold, dark, soulless office. I can’t write it with a view of a brick wall. I CAN write when my surroundings are in themselves romantic.
My husband and I split our time between two homes, one in Kent, England, and the other on the Côte d’Azur, France. Both homes were carefully chosen for their inspirational and beautiful architecture, the lands that surround them and their views – views that make one dream.
Hannah Fielding
Venice itself was my inspiration, and the notion of deception, masks and the true self versus that which is projected. In The Echoes of Love a large part of what my heroine Venetia sees when she meets Paolo is a mirage, because Paolo carries a dark and heavy secret in his heart that colours his outlook on life, a terrible truth that could both taint their love and, ultimately, tear them apart forever.
What better setting for this story to unfold but the annual Venice carnival, when nothing is what it seems and everybody is hiding his or her true self behind a mask?
What better setting for this story to unfold but the annual Venice carnival, when nothing is what it seems and everybody is hiding his or her true self behind a mask?
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