Caroline Montague, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/carolinesandon/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:47:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 On Change Meetings http://booksbywomen.org/on-change-meetings-by-caroline-montague/ http://booksbywomen.org/on-change-meetings-by-caroline-montague/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:18:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32416 Caroline won her first National Poetry competition at 10 years old and from that moment dreamed of being a writer. After juggling motherhood with modelling assignments, she founded an Interior Design Company working on many projects in the UK and abroad. Her second marriage to the widowed Conroy Harrowby brought four stepchildren into her life, […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/on-change-meetings-by-caroline-montague/feed/ 0 32416 From Idea To Finished Novel: Writing Research For A Paris Secret http://booksbywomen.org/from-idea-to-finished-novel-writing-research-for-a-paris-secret/ http://booksbywomen.org/from-idea-to-finished-novel-writing-research-for-a-paris-secret/#respond Sun, 02 Aug 2020 12:04:13 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32106 For most novelists the first blank page can be a terrifying prospect. How does one complete one hundred thousand words before arriving at the last magic phrase, the end? Even with a strong synopsis, something my publisher insists upon, it is still a daunting task. For me, it is a matter of really pushing myself […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/from-idea-to-finished-novel-writing-research-for-a-paris-secret/feed/ 0 32106 Research And Its Importance In Writing An Italian Affair http://booksbywomen.org/research-and-its-importance-in-writing-an-italian-affair/ http://booksbywomen.org/research-and-its-importance-in-writing-an-italian-affair/#respond Wed, 01 May 2019 09:06:26 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=26584 If you were to ask a totally sane individual why they would give up their day job as a moderately successful interior designer, to spend two years alone in their study getting down a story that would most likely never see the light of day ––the odds of gaining success are actually one in one […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/research-and-its-importance-in-writing-an-italian-affair/feed/ 0 26584 The Highs and Lows of Writing http://booksbywomen.org/the-highs-and-lows-of-writing-by-caroline-sandon/ http://booksbywomen.org/the-highs-and-lows-of-writing-by-caroline-sandon/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:06:42 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11737 When Women Writers, Women’s Books  suggested that I should do another blog I was cautious. What should the subject be? Perhaps I could write on the pleasure of getting an option for a three part TV series for my novel Burnt Norton, but there are many options taken out each year on many books. Some […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/the-highs-and-lows-of-writing-by-caroline-sandon/feed/ 22 11737 Daunted by Book Promotion? Don’t be. http://booksbywomen.org/after-the-book-launch/ http://booksbywomen.org/after-the-book-launch/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2014 04:00:01 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11152 I am a dreamer. When two years ago I was told that Julian Fellowes, the writer and creator of Downton Abbey had a sister who lived in Chipping Campden, I believed it was destiny. My novel is set in Chipping Campden, I live in Chipping Campden, he was obviously meant to write the film script […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/after-the-book-launch/feed/ 30 11152 Researching Burnt Norton http://booksbywomen.org/researching-burnt-norton-by-caroline-sandon/ http://booksbywomen.org/researching-burnt-norton-by-caroline-sandon/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:00:06 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10599 Fifteen years ago Caroline moved with her husband and seven children and stepchildren to Burnt Norton, the house made famous by TS Eliot in the first of his ʻFour Quartetsʼ. Very much influenced by Eliotʼs theme of time and redemption, she started to research the strange and tragic history of the Keyt family who owned […]

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