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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 2d

#booksky #writingansbooks #mutuals Looking forward to DANCE OF THE EARTH dancing into readers' hands (end of month launch)
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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 8d

If I were to write Dance of the Earth as a fairytale the beginning might read like this: In 1875 a baby is abandoned at the Alhambra Theatre’s stage door. Named Rose this pretend princess grows up in a palatial music hall...
#historicalfiction #balletbook #balletsrusses #performance

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 13d

For those who enjoy background behind stories. Here is my interview about Dance of the Earth with the Historical Novel Society.
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Launch: Anna M. Holmes’s Dance of the Earth - Historical Novel Society

INTERVIEW BY REBECCA ROSENBERG Stories with big themes written as page-turners are Anna M. Holmes‘s speciality. With an extensive background in dance and theatre, Dance of the Earth is a story she has...

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 13d

For those who enjoy background to novels - here's my i/v about Dance of the Earth with the Historical Novel Society.
historicalnovelsociety.org/launch-anna-...

Launch: Anna M. Holmes’s Dance of the Earth - Historical Novel Society

INTERVIEW BY REBECCA ROSENBERG Stories with big themes written as page-turners are Anna M. Holmes‘s speciality. With an extensive background in dance and theatre, Dance of the Earth is a story she has...

historicalnovelsociety.org

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 13d

For those who enjoy reading background to books. Here's an i/v on Dance of the Earth for the Historical Novel Society.
historicalnovelsociety.org/launch-anna-...

Launch: Anna M. Holmes’s Dance of the Earth - Historical Novel Society

INTERVIEW BY REBECCA ROSENBERG Stories with big themes written as page-turners are Anna M. Holmes‘s speciality. With an extensive background in dance and theatre, Dance of the Earth is a story she has...

historicalnovelsociety.org

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 13d

Why do we choose our book covers? The story behind Dance of the Earth. #historicalfiction #performance #dance

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 14d

In The Guardian today.

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 20d

Research anyone? As a former journalist, dance manager and now author, there is nothing I love more than delving. Here's some background on my up-coming #historicalfiction DANCE OF THE EARTH.
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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 27d

#mutuals. Would you enjoy behind the scenes peeks and updates? If so please DM me with email details to add to Dance of the Earth mailing list. OR forward.
#historicalfiction #performingarts #familysaga #mailinglist

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 27d

#Writingcommunity Would you enjoy behind the scenes peeks? For this and more, I invite you to join my mailing list for #historicalfiction Dance of the Earth launch, set in the #BalletsRusses era. Let's Go! Please DM me with your email.

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 27d

Would you enjoy behind the scenes peeks? For this and more, I invite you to join my mailing list for #historicalfiction Dance of the Earth launch, set in the #BalletsRusses era. Let's Go! DM me with your email.
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Book Launch. Book cover, and invitation to join mailing list.

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Sep 5

Visiting the Maritime Museum Rochefort, near La Rochelle, France, reminding me of the research I undertook for my historical novel WAYWARD VOYAGE.

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Sep 3

Have you ever been at the sharp end of a marketing scam? Here's my story:
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We Need to Talk About Lionel.🤔 Anna's newsletter Sept 25

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Sep 3

Now this is a library setting: a medieval monastery! Visiting Cognac, today. #blueskybooks #writingcommunity
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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Sep 3

Welcome. I made the shift too!

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 31

A non-writing related post. In holiday camping in France. These pics from the Auverge, volcanic region. Remember Maonin de Source film?

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 22

I love researching as much as writing. Who else does? I made full use of contemporary (this 1893) articles about preparing music hall ballets in London for early scenes in DANCE OF THE EARTH www.annamholmes.com

#historicalfiction #ballethistory #theatrehistory

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of the marvellous contemporary (1893) articles about preparing music hall ballets I made use of in early scenes of DANCE OF THE EARTH. www.annamholmes.com

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dance of the Earth, spanning 1875-1921, is about dance & theatre, but you have to know so much more for any given scene. Such as how did people travel? I spent a day at London's Transport Museum. Love the horse-drawn tram and bus. #Londonhistory #historicalfiction #dance

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 19

DANCE OF THE EARTH, spanning 1875-1921, is about dance and theatre. But what vehicles were on the street for any given scene. I spent a day at London's Transport Museum.
I love these bus trams & buses that would have been on the streets when Rose was a girl.
#historicalLondon #historicalFiction

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 18

I wasn't a big fan either. Some psrts way too trite. But it sent me to read Huck Finn, so that was worth while.

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 15

I love it when you can put faces to names. I knew the Majiltons were performing at the Alhambra music hall the night Rose was dumped at the stage door in my fiction Dance of the Earth. They had to have a cameo.
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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 15

(The rather magificent) Majiltons who were on the Alhambra Theatre bill the night Rose was dumped at the stage door. They make the briefest of cameos in Dance of the Earth, my backstage story. #historicalfiction

Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · Aug 12

I have loved research for my #historicalfiction Dance of the Earth. Initially set in London's Alhambra Theatre music hall where Giovannini Pitteri was lead ballerina.
The shapes of our star dancers has changed, but our love of stories that transport has not. Agree?
#Musichall #BalletsRusses #Ballet

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