I know I keep saying it, but my books never seem to want to follow the story plans I sweat blood over before starting to write in earnest. ‘History Girls’ has just passed the 50,000 word mark, which makes it about half way done in first draft, and […]
Rock bands loom large in the Saltbury Chronicles. After all, my main character Hazel is in one band, plays as tour drummer in another and is the daughter of internationally known Rock Mega-star, Debbie Stewart. There are a lot of bands mentioned, from local Saltbury groups to major […]
After spending a few weeks on research and a couple of non-Saltbury writing chores, it’s time to settle down in earnest to writing the next Saltbury book, ‘History Girls’ and, as always, I run straight into the “Can I really do this?” panic. It happens every time. People […]
I have just updated the information on Saltbury Places elsewhere on this web site to include new places from the last two books and new information on old ones. I must confess I was a bit startled at how much there was to do, but I hope you […]
My next book, ‘Roisin’ went off to the editor a short while ago. It feels a bit like waving your child off for an important exam, but when it comes home covered in red ink I’m sure it will be a lot better. In the meantime, the wonderful […]
I’ve said it before, but characters sometimes seem to take on a life of their own and decide they’re not going to do what they’re told by some mere author. The fact that they may have no existence at all outside that author’s head cuts no ice with […]
Probably the most common question I get from readers is: ‘Where is Saltbury?’ Of course they completely understand that it doesn’t exist, at least in the world as we know it. They have read the little afterthoughts in the books and the piece here on my website called […]
My new book, ‘Sisters,’ number 7 in the ‘Saltbury Chronicles series, came out on Amazon Kindle today. You can get it here in the US, here in the UK or worldwide. As the cover blurb puts it: ‘Sisters’ Loveable Goth, Hazel Fauld is now a 20 year old […]
Today is International Women’s Day and the theme is ‘Choose to Challenge’. I’m afraid this will be rather longer than my usual posts, but if you’ll bear with me, it gives me the opportunity to talk about the philosophy behind the ‘Saltbury Chronicles’. One thing I’ve always tried […]
It was one of those special moments for any writer tonight. I would have typed “The End” for my book ‘Roisin’ except that in fact it was “To be continued”. Of course that isn’t really the end of the project: which will be ‘Saltbury Chronicles’, Book 8. It […]
Jo Brodie 