Monthly Archives: March 2009

a review of The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Fellow Spice author Saskia Walker reviewed my novel The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover here: http://saskiawalker.blogspot.com/2009/03/erotic-reading.html

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Attack"

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

AttackAt dawn the ridge emerges massed and dunIn the wild purple of the glow’ring sun,Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroudThe menacing scarred slope; and, one by one,Tanks creep and topple forward to the wire.The barrage roars and lifts. … Continue reading →

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The Art of Letting Go – Finishing the Novel

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

When is it time to stop working on a manuscript? I might as well say now, this post is going to be one of my least concrete. Last week, February 26, I turned in The Moonlight Mistress. I’d turned in … Continue reading →

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Historical Detail in Fiction

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been putting together my thoughts on how I include history in novels, for example the World War One detail in Moonlight Mistress. The first thing is to create a sense of normality. The characters do ordinary things in an … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Sick Leave"

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Sick Leave When I’m asleep, dreaming and lulled and warm,–They come, the homeless ones, the noiseless dead.While the dim charging breakers of the stormBellow and drone and rumble overhead,Out of the gloom they gather about my bed.They whisper to my … Continue reading →

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