Introducing Past on Paper...

First off, apologies. I'm sorry I haven't been around much of late. Real life getting in the way again, as it has an annoying tendency to do so on occasions. And that has a knock on effect on my reading, unfortunately. But I'd like to mark my return after a bit of a temporary reviewing hiatus by introducing you to this new sort-of feature. I was planning on cramming this all into one month, but I'm terrible a sticking to time-limits and all that so I've decided to have it as an ongoing thing that I will just add to as and when I please. Pretty much like the rest of this blog then...

So, let me explain.... at the moment I'm attempting to write a contemporary YA of sorts and that should be finished in maybe a decade or so if my current work ethic is anything to go by. But my thoughts have already turned to what I might attempt next. Up until last year, whenever I thought about 'historical' fiction, my mind conjured up all the old, old stuff, the sort of thing that involved lots of corsets. Which has never really appealed, to be honest. But a few books I read late last year/ early this year got me interested in the whole idea of twentieth century-set historical YA and I'm in the very early stages of planning a book set in the late 1960s. I might tell you all about it one day....

So here's what I'm going to do with this feature - every now and again I'll focus on a different decade of the twentieth century and see what I can dig up in terms of YA set in that era. And also with (hopefully) the odd author and blogger interview thrown in too. AND for extra treats, a potential To Be Written post with Jo. Huzzah! *bites nails*

So let me know what you think and if you want to get involved...and any recommendations for what you think I should be reading too, of course...