Behind the Scenes

Explore behind the scenes of my writing: videos from research trips, interviews and articles I’ve written on how I work. Is there something you’d like to see here? Drop me a line and let me know!

Me and my writing

• Interview with the Surrey Writes podcast for the Surrey New Writers Festival 
• Inspirational Indie Author Interview by the Alliance of Independent Authors
• Words and Pictures Podcast interview with DJ Smith
• StoryComic.com: Interview on YouTube
• Lucky 13 Interview
• Guest Spot on Discovering Diamonds 
• What ‘authenticity’ means in historical fiction: whether being startled is better! 
• Interview for Jane Davis’ Virtual Bookclub

The Colosseum series

• What I learnt from On Bloodied Ground (podcast with The Indy Author)
• World-weaving with invisible threads (article)
• Researching like a child (article)

• My research trip to China (video)
• Beijing with the family
• Lost in the Garden of Perfect Brightness
• The magic that happens when writing historical fiction 
• An ‘interview’ with eunuch Bao from The Consorts

• My research trip to Morocco (video)
• Interview from the Moroccan Empire boxset

• The Indy Author podcast, on creating literary merchandise (book swag)