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I adore Advent – it’s no secret that Christmas is my favourite time of year. Advent for me is a chance to luxuriate in the joys of Christmas: the sights, smells, and most importantly tastes of a time of year that (if I could get away with it) I would probably celebrate 11 months of the year, not one.
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Those of you who know me may be a little surprised at this blog post – after all, I’m not American but a Brit!
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Okay, I admit it: right now, I am without a pet. I do have a cat nephew called Bear who is half Maine Coon and half vicious tiger, but I don’t have an animal living with me at present…
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One of the biggest challenges of moving to London is that I had to leave Bath!
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If there is one type of scene that I dislike writing compared to the others…it’s a breakup scene.
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What makes a truly great historical romance? It’s something that (as you can imagine) I think about almost continuously. What’s missing from this? What’s going to make it the best book my readers have ever read? What’s going to make it stick in their minds, stay on their bookshelf, be recommended to friends?
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Oooh, we’re going to get into it today! I wanted to spend today’s blog talking about writing love scenes, something that many people I spend hours and hours on. And in a way, I do…
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You might be thinking that this blog topic is far too similar – and in a way, you’d be right. Writing unlikeable heroes and writing unlikeable heroines should be pretty much the same. But it’s not…
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I don’t know about you, but after the last eighteen months, I have really needed summer. I wanted warm mornings with bright sunshine, lazy humid afternoons sipping a gin and tonic in the shade, and balmy evenings around a BBQ with friends and family.
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Well, it’s officially the height of summer, and I don’t know about you but I have so many fond memories of reading in this season.
When I was a child, my family would bundle everything up in our car and head to Enid Blyton country in the south of England. When I say I had idyllic holidays there, I mean it. Hiking, art galleries, cricket on the beach and ice creams on the banks of medieval castles…
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As well as being an author, I am of course a reader! There are so many incredible medieval romance novels out there and there is no better time than to start exploring this fascinating and romantic period of history than right now.
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A short and sweet one from me, because I am also celebrating my wedding anniversary this week!
Emily E K Murdoch 