Elisabeth Hobbes » writing

I was a chapter and a half into a WIP when I realised something wasn’t working. After redrafting and editing and still getting nowhere with what I knew could be a great story it dawned on me th...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2017/01/21/whats-in-a-name-2/

With less than a week to go until the release of The Blacksmith’s Wife I thought I’d share a snippet.  This is the first meeting between Hal and Joanna.  Joanna has talked her way into th...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2016/04/27/sneak-peek/

Harlequin are running a contest to find the Harlequin Hero of the year.  The hero has to appear in a book published between October 2014 and September 2015 which means both Hugh and Will are eli...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2015/09/06/shameless-self-promo/

A Wager for the Widow has been out for a month.  Yesterday I had a wonderful review on Cataromance which described the book as ‘a fantastic historical romance that sweeps readers back to the ...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2015/07/31/a-month-down-the-line/

When I wrote the story that became Falling for Her Captor I was really pleased with it as an idea. I had to be because it was the only one I had. When I got offered a 2 book contract I had a bit ...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2015/03/08/the-ideas-shed/

On Wednesday my book is finally released. I’m finally going to let my baby wander out into the world and keep my fingers crossed that people like it (all reviews welcomed- Goodreads and Amazon....

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2014/09/26/on-deliveries-expected-and-unexpected/

I haven’t updated for a while because I’m in a strange period where I’ve done everything I can do and the book is now out of my hands.  It’s unsettling because I’m a control freak, n...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2014/04/20/limbo/

One of the things I found early on when I started writing was that I needed it to be quiet otherwise I couldn’t concentrate.  That’s why practically all of my writing is done when the kids a...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2014/03/26/not-a-madrigal-in-sight/

Choose a pen name.  Easy right?  My original pseudonym – DeeDee Elle- came about as an in joke based on an online mum’s group when I needed something to hide behind on Wattpad (my day job i...

https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/2014/02/26/whats-in-a-name/