Ask the Author: Liz Fenwick
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Liz Fenwick
Hi Dee. How did I get to Cornwall…short answer the man who is now my husband. Long answer I came to London in 1989 to work in insurance at Lloyds. Met Chris, said husband, about two weeks after arrival and he took me to meet his parents (or so I thought) in Cornwall. That was the beginning of a love affair…with Cornwall. I was already in love with Chris.
Liz Fenwick
Hi Claudia. I'm thrilled you loved my books. Chronologically the order would be A Cornish Affair, The Cornish House, A Cornish Stranger, A Cornish Christmas Carol (ebook novella), Under A Cornish Sky, The Returning Tide, One Cornish Summer, and The Path to the Sea.
But they are all stand alone novels...however characters do reappear.
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But they are all stand alone novels...however characters do reappear.
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Liz Fenwick
Hi Linda. So pleased you're enjoying the book. I did base it on a particular house but am swore to secrecy!! The book is set around Manaccan, Helford and New Town. Best lxx
Liz Fenwick
Hi Beth,
All the books are stand alone but they are all set in a small area so there are overlapping characters. So if you want to encounter the characters chronologically then begin with A Cornish Affair followed by The Cornish House, A Cornish Stranger, Under A Cornish Sky and then The Returning Tide. But they don't have to be read in that order as they are a series. Hope you enjoy them. lxx
All the books are stand alone but they are all set in a small area so there are overlapping characters. So if you want to encounter the characters chronologically then begin with A Cornish Affair followed by The Cornish House, A Cornish Stranger, Under A Cornish Sky and then The Returning Tide. But they don't have to be read in that order as they are a series. Hope you enjoy them. lxx
Liz Fenwick
Lizzie and Mr Darcy and because they both have to grow so much to reach the other!
Liz Fenwick
Hi Emma. You are the second person who has had this happen. I've checked through the ones I've offered and those have gone. So I suspect it was from Orion so I will investigate to see what i can find out for you. lx
Liz Fenwick
I am beginning my next book, The Returning Tide, which will be set in Cornwall during the current day as well as during WW2.
Liz Fenwick
Fingers are crossed lx
Liz Fenwick
The first thing that came to my mind was…being able to work in my PJs! But seriously it's the joy of creating worlds and characters that people enjoy.
Liz Fenwick
I have three tricks to deal with writer's block…the first is to set an egg timer for 20 minutes and say to myself that I will write for just 20 minutes and it doesn't matter what it's about. Normally I end up writing for far longer but some how it takes the fear away because it's only 20 minutes.
The second is to rewrite the last scene I've written by hand. Somehow the process of writing by hand connects me to the story again and unlocks my mind and new words come.
Finally I read section of a craft book - usually one that has exercises like Donald Maass' Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook. I'll do one of the exercises and focus of a small part of the book. This normally frees my mind and I begin writing again.
For me writer's block is about two things….fear of failure and not knowing where the story is going. I'm not a planner really but I need to sense where it is I'm heading. If I don't have the sense then I stall.
The second is to rewrite the last scene I've written by hand. Somehow the process of writing by hand connects me to the story again and unlocks my mind and new words come.
Finally I read section of a craft book - usually one that has exercises like Donald Maass' Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook. I'll do one of the exercises and focus of a small part of the book. This normally frees my mind and I begin writing again.
For me writer's block is about two things….fear of failure and not knowing where the story is going. I'm not a planner really but I need to sense where it is I'm heading. If I don't have the sense then I stall.
Liz Fenwick
When I was doing research for an earlier book I came across the old Cornish phrase…save a stranger from the sea, he'll turn your enemy. I thought wow that goes against everything one thinks. Slowly a story set on Frenchman's Creek began to develop in my head and A Cornish Stranger was born.
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