New cover for my 2021 historical fantasy: All That Was Lost
A talented book cover designer, Hannah Spencer, designed a new cover for my 2021 historical fantasy and I LOVE it! Margery Pendele has been cheated by life. Alice Yonge has been cheated by death. Nestled in the heart of the English Cotswolds lies a village largely...
What I’m Working on Next
Readers are wanting more of Margaret Dashwood's story, After some fun research, I've mapped out the plot of a sequel to The Making of Margaret Dashwood. Who will she meet, besides the Wilberforce's, of course. Why, the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, and Clarkson's dear...
Author Interview at Austenesque Reviews
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Goodreads Giveaway for The Making of Margaret Dashwood
The book releases August 8. The giveaway runs August 2-23. Goodreads Book Giveaway The Making of Margaret Dashwood by Carol Pratt Bradley Giveaway ends August 23, 2023. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter...
The Connecting Power of Creativity
While I was researching for my newest novel, "The Making of Margaret Dashwood," I ran across authors who influenced Jane Austen's writings. Frances Burney was an influential writer during Jane's lifetime. She is considered a pioneer of novels of manners, witty satires...
Vocabulary Lessons from Jane Austen
I've been looking up words Austen uses in her novels that I don't know the meaning of: Coxcomb: a vain and conceited man, a dandy Bilious: nausea or vomiting Piquet: a card game with two players Tippet: a long fur scarf or shawl worn around the neck and shoulders...
I’ve got a new book coming! The Making of Margaret Dashwood
WiDo to Publish Austen Fan Fiction by Carol Pratt Bradley August 24, 2022 When historical fiction author Carol Pratt Bradley submitted her newest novel to WiDo Publishing, Managing Editor Karen Gowen was surprised to see such a departure from her usual genre. Gowen,...
What once was, is now still.
A slave ship For my current work in progress, I've been researching the history of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Thomas Clarkson, one of the prominent voices in the fight to abolish slavery, wrote a two volume account of the long struggle: History of...
L.M. Montgomery on Souls
I didn't discover L.M. Montgomery's works until the 1985 miniseries by Kevin Sullivan came out, my response being: How could I have spent my whole childhood without her books?! I promptly got her books and devoured them. I also read her diaries. What a luminous,...
Just Beyond My Reach
by Carol Bradley | Aug 19, 2020 | Biblical Fiction, Light of the Candle | 0 comments In the summer of 2007, I wrote the first draft for what became my first novel, Light of the Candle. Thirteen years ago. After it was published...
