Official launch!

An announcement: 1 March – Publication day of paperback and ebook of INCEPTIO (34 days to go)

12 March – OFFICIAL LAUNCH at Waterstones Tunbridge Wells at 7pm: ‘An Evening with Alison Morton’ where I’ll give a talk and read from INCEPTIO. The Mayor of Tubridge Wells, Sue Cook, writer and broadcaster, will be there […]

On pitching at parties...

The scene: A book industry party Present: New authors, multi-published authors, agents, editors, publishers, guests, even spouses

A first conversation: Sensible and friendly author to agent: “Don’t worry, I’m not pitching because my book isn’t ready yet.” Sensible and savvy agent: “If I was worried about people pitching to me I wouldn’t come to a […]

A little drop of magic and spellbinding

A Roman magic stone

My fellow writer, Janice Horton, is throwing a “Spellbindingly Fun Blog Party” today and as a little light relief, I’m joining in.

Magic was an integral part of Roman life – astrology, amulets, incantations, spells, healing and cursing formulas. Pliny’s conclusion, however, was cautious: though he dismissed magic as […]