... AND THREE HEADS ARE EVEN BETTER THAN TWO!

Our house is full of dogs, children, cats- and adults in various states of seasonal gluttony,  hangoverdom and/or denial, and three of us are working! 'Tis the season for the whole family to gather at our house, and these days that includes two very young dogs who are at present tearing around our feet play-fighting and terrorising the cats (also guests)


The three working people amongst the negligent throng (the kids are playing chess- the younger insisting to the older that "You can't move dinagonally Ted!") are myself, in my editing and managing capacity for Trifolium Books, daughter Kate, our designer, and Julia author of the soon to be published Boy with Two Heads.


...And indeed the three heads are working well and  producing cover designs, promotional ideas and... Julia's new blog  http://kneadtowrite.blogspot.com/. Please click and visit!

"...a real page-turner"

In a new review of Moon in Leo in the May issue of Cumbria Life Magazine, Sue Allan highlights Kathleen's extraordinary sense of time and place: something which many other readers have mentioned as a major strength.

Set in Furness in the period after the restoration of Charles II, Moon in Leo is a novel located so perfectly in time and space that you can feel the chill of the wind across Morecambe Bay, and plot the action in the landscape. Herbert's meticulous historical research, combined with her knowledge and love of the area underpin the novel, but it is her talent as a storyteller that brings alive the tale of Rosamund and her search for truth, and love, in turbulent political times. The peninsula and bay provide a suitably wild and somewhat claustrophobic setting for a real page-turner.

Men or Women?

Are readers of historical fiction predominately male or female? Answers please on this blog! The wittiest /most interesting wins a free copy of Moon in Leo. Editors' decision is final, and no, that isn't a punctuation error- two editors will decide- the book editor and the blog editor!

Of Stones and Roses

Whilst it is entirely possible to read Moon in Leo as a cracking good adventure story, and a satisfying love story, it is also teases us with big questions about its deeper significance. Why does Kathleen's heroine have such strange beliefs, and what is the significance of the unusual names?

Editor Mike Jensen answers these and other questions in new articles: Border Lands in Time and Space and The Philosopher's Stone

These articles, and the notes in Comments Notes and FAQs arose from readers' queries. Please keep your comments and questions coming in! Moon in Leo is a complex, multilayered book, and we see something new each time we read it.