Author: Vanessa in France

We moved to an 18th-century farmhouse in SW France in 1997. I'm fascinated by French history, rural traditions and customs. I also write historical novels and short stories.
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Ocelot Press featured in Writing Magazine

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Here at Ocelot Press, we were excited to be featured in this month’s Writing Magazine.

And, since we sent in the photo, we have an expanded stable of Ocelot titles – we’re now up to 15 published titles, with another two coming from Cathie Dunn this year – A Highland Captive (3rd March) and Love Lost in Time. Vanessa Couchman will release the first in a historical fiction trilogy, Overture, in the late spring.

The other Ocelot authors are writing feverishly as we speak! So keep coming back to find out the latest on our ever-expanding list of titles.

See our published and forthcoming books on our Books page.

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Three Contemporary Mysteries by Nancy Jardine Join Ocelot Press

There’s history in two of Nancy Jardine’s contemporary Ocelot Press mysteries! Though, what of the third? She tells us more about the inspiration behind each of them. All three are now available under the Ocelot Press imprint. Continue reading “Three Contemporary Mysteries by Nancy Jardine Join Ocelot Press”

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A Novel Approach – One month to go!

Ocelot Press author Jennifer C. Wilson is running a series of writing workshops in North Shields, UK, starting in February. If you live in that part of the world, this is an opportunity not to miss. And at £15 per session, it’s a bargain.

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In one month, on the 9th February, I’ll be hosting the first of six workshops I have planned in North Shields Library over the coming year, as part of my ‘A Novel Approach’ series, and I cannot wait.

person uses pen on bookAs both an attendee and organiser, I absolutely adore writing workshops, of any style or genre, and at any level. There’s just something about starting with a blank page, being given a prompt, and feeling that spark of creativity strike, and the ink start to flow. As an organiser especially, seeing everyone, heads-down, pens rushing across the page, is a wonderful feeling. It means you’ve explained the prompt sufficiently for one thing!

That’s why I decided to organise my own series. Over the course of the first workshop, we’ll be looking at initial idea-generation, how to get those ideas into something resembling a plot, and other ways of getting…

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And then there were 10! A New Addition to Nancy Jardine’s Celtic Fervour series

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We’re thrilled to announce that the fourth title in Nancy Jardine’s exciting Celtic Fervour series will be published under the Ocelot Press imprint on 15th November and is currently on pre-order on Amazon. This brings the number of Ocelot Press published titles up to 10 in only a few months since we launched. Continue reading “And then there were 10! A New Addition to Nancy Jardine’s Celtic Fervour series”