All of my Saltbury novels have a 1st person narrator. That usually means either Hazel Fauld, or her best friend Tina Burns. There are a few other voices still to come in the series, notably Rock goddess Debbie Stewart, but ‘History Girls’, the book due out next, has […]
The last two Saltbury books mention several new places to add to the geography of the town. For example, we have Jenkins’, a proper, old fashioned hardware store on the far side of the East Street river bridge. ‘Martine’ is based earlier than the rest of the series, […]
It’s strange the way ‘Martine’ is turning out. The first full draft is just days away from being finished now, and hopefully sometime next week I’ll be done and able to start editing ‘History Girls’, the next one due to be published. In the meantime though, there are […]
Writing my next but one book ‘Martine’ really is proving to be fascinating. Yes I know it’s not the book I’m meant to be writing. ‘History Girls’ will be the next out, so I’ll need to get it to the editor before too long and it is still […]
I’ve fallen for my usual trick. I’m writing the wrong book again, or at least not the one I’d intended. I have a complete first draft of what I plan to be the next ‘Saltbury’ novel: ‘History Girls’, and what I need to do now is edit the […]
Now that my book, ‘Roisin’ is out I’ve been working to bring this website up to date with the stories. One of my two central characters, Hazel Fauld, is at university in London now and she’s also gigging all over the capital with the Rock band she started […]
‘Roisin’ is finally finished. It’s number 8 in the ‘Saltbury Chronicles’ series and on the whole I’m rather proud of it. I sweated blood trying to get chapter 1 good enough, but though I say so who shouldn’t, I think the rest is some of the best work […]
My next book, ‘Roisin’ is very nearly ready for publication, and ahead of time for once. There were just two teensy details I wasn’t happy about: the beginning and the end. OK, on reflection, that might be a bit fundamental and I’ve been conducting major surgery on what […]
I was lucky enough to grow up in the countryside, a field away from a railway line. I used to love lying in bed as a child waiting for sleep and listening to the trains go by, especially in the summer when the window was open. It’s why […]
One of the easiest stereotypes to fall into with lesbian/feminist literature is the simple equation Men = bad, but I’m afraid life isn’t that simple any more than women automatically = good. It’s also tempting in lesbian literature to write as if men barely exist or at least […]
Jo Brodie 