by Amanda Roberts | Nov 4, 2024 | Review
The Historical Novel Society (HNS) has published a new review of The Woman in the Painting. It’s live on the website now and in the November 2024 edition 110 of the Historical Novels Review. Reviewer, Bonnie DeMoss calls it: “An intriguing dual-timeline...
by Amanda Roberts | Apr 4, 2024 | Inspiration
It had been a really quiet start to 2024, and then, with the impending arrival of Spring (apparently), that all changed. It was like the old London bus scenario that I remember well from my student days – waiting at the bus stop for what feels like hours and could...
by Amanda Roberts | Jan 12, 2024 | Inspiration
I’m not normally one for New Year resolutions and the like. Maybe I know myself too well and understand that I won’t keep to them so it all just feels like a waste of time. When it comes to writing goals though, well, that’s something else entirely. Early in January I...
by Amanda Roberts | Dec 4, 2023 | Awards
The Woman in the Painting has won a Silver Medal in The Coffee Pot Book Club Historical Fiction Book of the Year 2023 Awards in the Time Travel/Time Slip/Dual Timeline category. The Coffee Pot Book Club promotes historical fiction. Its Book of the Year Awards is an...
by Amanda Roberts | Nov 1, 2023 | Inspiration
The inspiration for a new novel can come in many different ways. At events I’ve attended recently I’ve listened to authors Celia Rees and Erin Green talk about the inspiration behind some of their novels, and at the recent BPA Away Day with Emma Darwin we practiced...
