Originally posted on Jennifer C. Wilson:
Happy Sunday everyone – the last before December kicks in… Today, we’re travelling to Corsica, with Vanessa Couchman. It’s somewhere I’ve always thought of visiting, but never quite got around to, so I’m sure I’ll be tempted after this! Hidden Treasure in Corsica Thank you for inviting me, Jennifer.…
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Sunday Sojourn – with Vanessa Couchman
Originally posted on Jennifer C. Wilson:
For today’s Sunday Sojourn, I’m joined by Vanessa Couchman, to talk about creating a sense of place… Creating a Sense of Place I’ve lived in Southwest France for nearly 20 years. The region is steeped in history and chock-full of scenic and fascinating places. Why, then, didn’t I set…
LOCATION, LOCUTION: Uprooted from life in the UK, Vanessa Couchman writes novels about people with roots
Originally posted on The Displaced Nation:
Columnist Lorraine Mace, aka Frances di Plino, is back with her latest interview guest. This month’s guest, Vanessa Couchman, was uprooted from her native UK in 1997, when she moved, with her husband (who is Swedish) to an 18th-century farmhouse in the Midi-Pyrénées region, in southwest France. Between the…
Letters from Elsewhere: Rachel Swift
Originally posted on Miriam Drori, Author:
Today, you’re invited to meet Rachel Swift, who tops and tails The House at Zaronza by Vanessa Couchman, another great Crooked Cat read. Here is her letter to Maria Orsini, whom she never met but who had a great influence on the lives of Rachel’s family. Dear Maria, You died long…
SEVEN SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO FIND INSPIRATION
Originally posted on Jane Bwye:
I am honoured to welcome Vanessa Couchman to my AUTHOR COUNTDOWN today. A freelance writer and author based in France, she runs a copywrighting business, and is often asked the question: Where do you find inspiration? Inspiration is the magic key that opens the door to the world of imagination. It’s no good…
…Authoress Vanessa Couchman shares the genesis of her historical novel, THE HOUSE AT ZARONZA…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…yeez may often wonder as do I, from whence (posh WURD, that, Mabel, ‘whence’…it means ‘from where’) Authors derive their ideas and plots … sum’times it’s a wee incident that sticks in yer mind… other times the glimpse of a place and a feeling yeez get while ye’re there… or p’raps…
Here is my interview with Vanessa Couchman
Originally posted on authorsinterviews:
Name Vanessa Couchman Age Old enough to have achieved experience but probably not wisdom. Where are you from I grew up in southern England but I have lived full-time in south-west France for the past 17 years. A little about your self `ie your education Family life etc I grew up…
2014 A to Z Challenge: C
Originally posted on Miriam Drori, Author:
Peter Carey Wikipedia says, Peter Philip CareyAO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist, known primarily for being one of only three writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for Oscar…
My novel, The House at Zaronza, to be published by Crooked Cat Publishing
Originally posted on Life on La Lune:
Saint-Florent, Corsica I’m thrilled to announce that my novel, The House at Zaronza, will be published by independent publishers Crooked Cat Publishing, probably this summer. The novel is based partly on a true story, which we discovered on holiday in Corsica in 2012. It is set against the…
The Next Big Thing – Writers Abroad’s Latest Anthology
Originally posted on Life on La Lune:
Front cover **Please note this post dates from 2013, but the anthology is still available on Amazon.** Every year since 2010, the online writing group for expat writers to which I belong – Writers Abroad – has published an anthology. Since we are spread across the globe and…
Vanessa Couchman 