Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted, indeed, hardly think about, can lead to tremendous mistakes.

Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building?

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.