 This Saturday 27th July, I will be helping Matt ArtPix on his stall at the Dorset Art market in Dorchester. I do not post on here all the events attended with Matt ArtPix and Arcane Publishing, so go to the Arcane Publishing blog HERE to read about our recent adventures and check which forthcoming events we will appear at!  16/7/2019 On a summer day in Dorset...I am having a extremely busy summer before an event more busy academic year... Arcane Publishing will be joining Matt ArtPix for a few events over the summer, starting this week until the end of August... Find our events HERE (more to be announced soon!). I am working on my third novel, The Right Place, and I have now reached 10,000 words. After having launched Arcane Publishing, created two websites, written, edited and published two novels all in a relatively short amount of time (basically within four years), the excruciatingly slow progress of The Right Place is difficult to accept. That's life. It will get published one day, and Hell Lane too. I just cannot stick to any publishing schedule at the moment for a number of reasons!
11/7/2019 Another St Catherine's Chapel! There's nothing I like better than going for a walk and stumbling across an ancient monument hidden within the greenery. I particularly love small churches and chapels, and in Dorset, I am spoilt for choice! There was one such building in my second novel, The Book of Thoth. Then there's St Catherine's chapel in Abbotsbury at the heart of my third novel - and work-in-progress - The Right Place - though you would be hard-pressed to call this sturdy little building "hidden", as it gloriously stands at the top of Chapel Hill, overlooking the Fleet lagoon and Chesil Beach. This week, we paid a visit to the village of Milton Abbas, famous for its unique lay-out and the story of its construction. Also nearby and reached via a lovely woodland walk is Milton Abbey, a private school set in stunning and peaceful surroundings.  Milton Abbey school seen from St Catherine's chapel. The vegetation was quite high, hence a rather reduced view... The name "St Catherine" has long been associated with chapels located on hill tops. This particular St Catherine's chapel can be found nestled in a secluded clearing in the woods above Milton Abbey and offers lovely views of the school below. Built around 1190, most of the chapel is in Norman style, but apparently, many questions about the building have remained unanswered... There is an intriguing carved medieval indulgence near the door... Unfortunately, the door was locked and we couldn't have a peek inside! Apparently it's beautiful in the autumn, there... And we'll most certainly be back in a few months to check!  The carved medieval indulgence.  The chapel surrounded by much summer greenery. |
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