Today, I'm delighted to welcome Paul Rushworth-Brown to the #HistFicThursdays blog as part his Coffee Pot Book Club 's book tour. Today, meet Paul's new book The Lost Voices , and discover your next great read! Read on to enjoy an excerpt from this gripping book! First of all, let's meet the book... Some lives pass through history without leaving a trace. The Lost Voices is a work of historical fiction that brings to light those whose stories were never formally recorded—not because they lacked significance, but because their lives unfolded beyond the reach of power, authorship, and recognition. This is the story of ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances—individuals navigating a rigid social order shaped by obligation, fear, and quiet resistance. Here, survival depends as much on silence as on action, and choices are made not in moments of glory, but in private, under pressure, and with consequences rarely acknowledged. The novel explores how perso...
Happy New Year, Readers!
New Year (only last week) seems like an eternity ago. The reason being that we have been snowed in for almost every single one of those days. For me, this has been amazing. I love winter (it's my favourite season) and we managed to build snowmen, go sledging, and have all kinds of wintry fun and games.
Because of this, it seems like ages since I drew up a few ideas for new year resolutions. I'm not very good at sticking to my resolutions, but I'm hopeful that I might manage more than a week with this year's! They are not all to do with writing (I'm determined to get better posture, too), and they are more long-term aims and goals than anything I will slog away at all year round, but here are one or two of them...
Firstly, I want to finish writing the first draft of The Nobility of Caledon, which is Book 5 in the Caledon series. Book 3, The Strength of Caledon, will be launched in August this year, so I really need to get a move on with completing the books or the deadlines will be catching me up!
I also really want to clear my backlog of half-finished manuscripts. I currently have ten books (eight of them historical) in various states of completions which I want to try and finish before I start any new ones. At less than one a month, it just might be possible.
I'm also hoping to share some short fiction with journals or anthologies - dependent, of course, on whether or not they want them. I have an idea that I might find one or two a month to whom I can submit my writing. Depending on the uptake, however, this might not happen beyond January!
And I want to read more. At the moment, I'm reading (and enjoying) Britain's Folklore Year. So much inspiration for new tales and adventures! Last year, one of my mum's resolutions was to read every night before going to sleep, so I'm giving that a go for 2026. I also intend to review all the books I read, and I am excited to take part in the #CrowvusReadingChallenge - reading a whole range of books I might otherwise not have picked to read.
But first, I'm going to keep enjoying the snow for as long as it lasts. It is truly magical, and I hope you all get some chance to savour some seasonal weather too.
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