Casting Nasturtiums Archives

eReader with cover of Carry On showing on it, on a bed of pale pink rose petals.

Healers and apprenticeship

February 4, 2025 / Albion

Exploring what healer apprenticeships and training are like in Albion, along with some notes on related medical training.

Carry On, Casting Nasturtiums, Four Walls and a Heart, Mistress Of Birds, Sailor's Jewel

Cover of Best Foot Forward displayed on a tablet, with a palm leaf, on a golden yellow background. The cover has a deep red background with map markings in a dull purple. Two men in silhouette stand, looking up at a point in the top left. An astrology chart with different symbols picked out takes up the left side of the image, with glowing stars curving up to the title.

Happy Pride! LGBTQIA+ Books

June 12, 2024 / Albion, Reading

A look at LGBTQIA+ books and characters as of June 2024.

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Four Walls and a Heart, Goblin Fruit, On The Bias, Point By Point, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door

Cover of The Magic of Four on a tumble of smoothed rocks. Four students in silhouette on a blue background of a map off the west coast of Wales. Three stand around a table, the fourth is perched on the near corner, leaning forward and gesturing.

Idea to Book: The Magic of Four

May 15, 2024 / Ideas to books, Land Mysteries

Find out the ideas behind The Magic of Four: a love of classic school stories, exploring a second generation of characters, Schola and her magic. And oh, yes. Horses.

Best Foot Forward, Casting Nasturtiums, Chasing Legends, Eclipse, Goblin Fruit, Old As The Hills, Outcrossing, Pastiche, The Magic of Four, Wards of the Roses

Old As The Hills displayed on a tablet, in a stone arch with a glowing purple night sky behind it. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Neurodiversity in my books

April 17, 2024 / In Character, Questions and answers

A guide to neurodiverse characters in my books, as of 2024. (Check out the grid early in the post for the current complete list.)

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Bound for Perdition, Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Eclipse, Illusion of a Boar, Old As The Hills, On The Bias, Pastiche, Perfect Accord, Seven Sisters, Shoemaker's Wife, The Fossil Door, The Magic of Four, Three Graces, Upon A Summer's Day

Cover of Eclipse displayed on a tablet, resting on a pine bough, surrounded by wood five-pointed stars.

Welcome to 2022! More books ahead!

January 6, 2022 / Announcements, Writing and publishing

What I planned for 2022.

Best Foot Forward, Casting Nasturtiums, Chasing Legends, Complementary, Country Manners, Eclipse, Fool's Gold, Mistress Of Birds, Point By Point, Sailor's Jewel, The Fossil Door, The Hare And The Oak, Winter's Charms

The Fossil Door cover displayed on an ereader, surrounded by candles, dried plants, and a mug of tea. The cover has a man and woman in silhouette at the right, looking to the left, on a background of dark burgundy to golden yellow, with an inset smaller image of an illuminated manuscript in the right corner.

Neurodiversity and recent history

October 13, 2021 / Mysterious Charm, Mysterious Powers, Novellas, Questions and answers

Talking about neurodiversity, representation in my books, and a bit of history.

Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Eclipse, On The Bias, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door