Karen M EdwardsMar 29, 20231 min readThe Scandalous WaltzIn Chapter 1 of my novel, The Brittany Assignment, ML (Huw Griffiths) uses the waltz to escape from a possible threat. But, he...
Karen M EdwardsMar 25, 20234 min readNapoleon Bonaparte - EmperorIn Britain, periods were known by the name of the reigning monarch. During 1810-1820 was the Regency period when the Prince Regent took...
Karen M EdwardsOct 26, 20201 min readPeninsular WarBritain and Spain have usually been enemies (Spanish Armada in 1588 when Spain tried to invade England, and War of the Spanish Succession...
Karen M EdwardsMay 7, 20191 min readWhen you've gone down a rabbit holeResearch is a huge part of writing historical fiction and sometimes it's easy to just keep researching as you chase interesting facts...
Karen M EdwardsMar 27, 20191 min readWar of 1812 and WW1Although I've written a rough draft for the second book in Effie and Calum's story, (the working title is The Water Is Wide) I'm still on...
Karen M EdwardsDec 31, 20183 min readKirk Sessions & Repentance StoolThis is an ecclesiastical meeting or court in the Presbyterian kirk (church) for the well-being of people in the parish (an...
Karen M EdwardsNov 3, 20181 min readHow it all beganAs a family historian I'm in the process of writing biographies and thought I'd take a creative writing class to make the biographies...