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Little Miss Grumpy

29 September 2010 By Caroline Shenton

Have managed to do an hour or two here and there over the last few weeks but work and other commitments at home mean that I’ve not done as much as I’d like.  Grumpy.

Filed Under: Writing and Researching

Writing training

14 September 2010 By Caroline Shenton

To Birmingham on business, but managed to squeeze in an hour’s research on the train there and back, and, arriving early at the City Library for an event, was able to use their reading rooms for another half hour.  Slow work, ploughing through three different people’s accounts of what they did between ten and eleven […]

Filed Under: Writing and Researching

Me (and others) nattering about the Fire on the BBC – Part 2

12 September 2010 By Caroline Shenton

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Filed Under: Publicising the Book, The 1834 Fire

Me (and others) nattering about the Fire on the BBC – Part 1

11 September 2010 By Caroline Shenton

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Filed Under: Publicising the Book, The 1834 Fire

Slush Pile Hell

9 September 2010 By Caroline Shenton

Laugh-out loud hilarious blog of submissions to a literary agent.  Shoot me if mine ends up here.  No, hold on, I’ll shoot myself.

Filed Under: Getting an Agent

80K reached – shattered!

6 September 2010 By Caroline Shenton

After four days of tough slog with chapters one and two, I am pleased to report that I have licked these into shape pretty well and am very happy (though inarticulate from fatigue).  Spent most of today in the Bodleian.  Have now gone over the 80,000 word mark.  Just one more chapter (number three) to make respectable before […]

Filed Under: Getting an Agent, Writing and Researching

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About Caroline

Dr Caroline Shenton is an archivist and historian. Her book The Day Parliament Burned Down won the Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. Read More…

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