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Interesting history stories, contemporary crime, fantasy, fairytales and magical realism with Laree Chapman
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Tracing family history and finding castles
Tracing family history can reveal a lot of interesting information about your family’s past – including connections to castles and more!
As well as updates on my writing projects, this blog is as varied as my own stories. I write in historical fiction, (like The Hawkers Road Series, set in outback Queensland in the 1880s), to contemporary crime, fantasy, fairytales, and magic realism.
Join me, as I reveal what inspires me to write over a wide range of genres, and how growing up on my beloved, windswept Flinders Island shaped my view of the world, and the particular stories I want to tell.
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Tracing family history and finding castles
Tracing family history can reveal a lot of interesting information about your family’s past – including connections to castles and more!
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As well as updates on my writing projects, this blog is as varied as my own stories. I write in historical fiction, (like The Hawkers Road Series, set in outback Queensland in the 1880s), to contemporary crime, fantasy, fairytales, and magic realism.
You’ll find out about my main character in The Hawkers Road Series, Bridie Cassidy, who dreams at night of Ireland and soft, sweet rain. You might also find her mother’s recipe for a sweet version of Irish Potato cake, and a recipe for a delicious Punjabi curry from her Indian friend, Chandra. And fear not, I taste-testing recipes in my own kitchen, just to make sure they’re worth sharing.
Join me, as I reveal what inspires me to write over a wide range of genres, and how growing up on my beloved, windswept Flinders Island shaped my view of the world, and the particular stories I want to tell. I’ll share interesting history stories and titbits of research that I’ve unearthed during my plunge down the rabbit hole.
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You will find my award-winning story Smooth here, available to you for free. I hope you enjoy it. Smooth won the 2024 GenreCon Short Story Award and was read out by none other than the incredibly talented writer, Patrick Ness, the Keynote Speaker for GenreCon that year.
When you sign up for my Ink and Intrigue newsletter, you will also be able to read another of my award-winning stories Capeweed, for free. I hope you like that one, too. Capeweed won the 2024 Sisters In Crime Scarlet Stiletto Award, for the category of ‘Most Satisfying Retribution.'
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