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Kathy Martin

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Kathy Martin has been writing since she was a teenager. Although it was always her ambition to write historical fiction, she honed her writing skills along the way in a variety of different publications.

Her first real success came in 1987 when she finished as a runner-up in Cosmopolitan's New Journalist competition. Soon after this, her passion for history encouraged her to develop an interest in antiques and collectables and this in turn led to a long career writing for and editing various magazines related to the thriving collectables hobby.

In 2007 Kathy was approached to write a book about the history of the teddy bear and she followed this up with in-depth, carefully researched studies of two of the UK's best-loved soft toy manufacture
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Kathy Martin Ha, good question! Some days I don't deal with it, some days I do. It takes discipline to sit down and write when you don't feel like it. All I know i…moreHa, good question! Some days I don't deal with it, some days I do. It takes discipline to sit down and write when you don't feel like it. All I know is that whenever I give in to the 'don't want to write' days, I end up feeling disgruntled and useless. In contrast, when I force myself to sit down and work, I often find that within a few minutes the writer's block is forgotten. Often, but not always!
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The Beaulieu Vanishing - Francis Cranley rides again!

I'm delighted to announce that The Beaulieu Vanishing, my second Francis Cranley adventure, is now available on Kindle.

Beginning in May 1473, the story sees Richard of Gloucester's close friend Francis Cranley travelling with Sir James Tyrell to Beaulieu. Their mission is to escort the Countess of Warwick, Richard's mother-in-law, back to Middleham. The Countess has been living in sanctuary at Be Read more of this blog post »
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John Irving
“Keep passing the open windows.”
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.”
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
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