Authors Electric

'RABBITS, RABBITS, RABBITS, it's the 1st of August!' I've been tagged to take part in the #HowIwrite blog hop challenge. As it's the 1st of the month, when traditionally we say 'Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits' before saying owt else, a hop seems appropriate. At Crimefest Bristol Who tagged me: Julia Jones. I met Julia ‘ IRL’ as they say, recently at Crimefest Bristol, though I felt I already knew her through Authors Electric and conversations on Facebook. When I joined AE I was deeply impressed to learn that one of my new colleagues was connected to Arthur Ransome, who figured largely in my childrens’ lives in the form of the Swallows and Amazons series, still my ‘comfort reads’ when laid low by illness. She actually owns and sails Peter Duck, Ransome’s ACTUAL boat. She also writes excellent YA novels about sailing, with Ransomian connections too but the contemporary characters have very modern issues and problems - Nancy Blackett, Terror of the Se...