Last month I was interviewed by Tony Riches at his Writing Desk blog. Tony is author of many excellent novels about noted Tudors and Elizabethans. The interview covers the inspiration for my last novel, The Bridled Tongue, as well as my approach to research and a little about my forthcoming novel Cold Blows the Wind.

For The Bridled Tongue, the spark, many years ago, was my own experience as the subject of gossip. What struck me was the way a minor incident or slip of the tongue can be twisted, embellished and shaped into something else altogether… Continue reading