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  • 100th Post! Diana Jackson gives an on line Interview

    What are your earliest memories of writing when you were a child? My earliest recollections of writing creatively for pleasure must have been in my mid teens when I started writing poetry and short stories. I still have some of them in my memories box! What inspired you to write Riduna? Well, I wrote a…

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  • From Riduna to Ancasta – the seeds to my new novel were sown

    What inspired my recent interest in the history of aviation? I have written about the moment that my debut novel ‘Riduna’ was conceived, but for those of you who were not reading my posts back then, here’s a quick recap. “I was standing on the Butes looking out over Alderney Harbour and Braye Beach towards Fort…

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  • To Kindle or not to Kindle – What changed my mind?

    This week my debut novel ‘Riduna’ has been launched on Kindle. After my last post on Kindle ‘ Can you snuggle in bed with a Kindle?’ I had such fun reading the responses, but why have I changed my mind – or have I? I have agreed for ‘Riduna’ to go on Kindle because: The paperback…

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  • More legends of Alderney

    Another poignant legend refers to a large rock of granite above Telegraph Bay fashioned like a seat and the locals call it Lover’s Chair. The story goes that a young couple were deeply in love. When their elders refused their betrothal they flung themselves into the sea to their deaths to be together for eternity.  This story…

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