setting the scene in Pitkirtly
I've spent the past few weeks, or at least the parts of them that haven't been taken up with going for therapeutic walks followed by even more therapeutic lie-downs, finding excuses to go out to lunch, and emergency vet's appointments, editing 'A Quest in Berlin', the next novel in the Quest series. Today, to the …
Before plunging back into the dark world of Berlin in the 1950s to finish my November novel 'A Quest in Berlin', I decided to work on something a bit lighter, and 'Pitkirtly on Tour', now published on Amazon and Smashwords (and eventually destined to reach Kobo, iBooks, B&N and so on), is the result. It's …
First of all, a slightly belated happy New Year to all my readers! I'm afraid I may have set the tone for the rest of the year by delaying this message, but this time I do have a ready-made excuse for lagging behind, as I had an operation between Christmas and New Year and am just …
This post is part of a historical fiction promotion by a number of writers on the 12th and 13th of November 2016. Here are some links to take you to cheap and free ebooks that fall into the historical category: The 99cent Historical Fiction eBooks http://www.histfiction.com/history-blog/99-cent-historical-fiction-promotions The free Historical Fiction: Free Historical Fiction eBooks http://www.histfiction.com/history-blog/free-historical-fiction You …
The significance of the first of November, which unfortunately falls on a Tuesday this year, is of course that it's the first day of the annual trial of strength known as National Novel Writing Month. When I say trial of strength, I really mean it's a trial of persistence and stubbornness against all odds. I …
Recently one of the earlier novels in the Pitkirtly series received an excellent review here: http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/cecilia-peartree.html (many thanks to the reviewer! - you may enjoy some of her other reviews too). This reminded me that the novel in question was one of my personal favourites of the series. I won't reveal what my 'top 3' are at …
While we all (including me) wait for 'Pitkirtly XII' to be finished, I thought I would write a bit about how I keep track of the characters in the Pitkirtly mystery series. This was something I didn't even think about until I had already written at least six of the books. It was only then …
I had a slight panic attack earlier this morning when I realised that my favourite notebook - the one in which I unexpectedly wrote 'Mysterious Pitkirtly' - had mysteriously disappeared, probably during The Great De-Cluttering of spring 2016. Last week I had to carry out an excavation to find the little case on wheels without which …
I couldn't find any pictures that expressed what I wanted to say on the cover of 'Pitkirtly XI' so I have had to carry out a special photo-shoot. Regular readers will not be surprised to learn that this didn't involve glamorous partly-dressed models, mocked-up dinosaur landscapes or both. Instead I had to make the supreme …
Although my latest novel is rather frivolous compared to the real world setting it attempts to depict, I thought some of my readers might be interested to know where I looked for information about the background. I usually go online first these days to see if I can find any sources that seem both relevant …
Cecilia Peartree - woman of mystery 