This post has been removed at the request of the author.https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127682#msg-127682Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:17:21 +0100 Phorum 5.2.22 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127699#msg-127699 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127699#msg-127699Mum helped set up a local battered women's refuge, and was an advocate of women's rights all her life. My gran was a suffragette. I don't have the health to do anything active, but I can write and use words to instill ideas.
Incidentally, my father, who was a gentle man and a gentleman in all true senses, persuaded mum to let her father have contact with the grandchildren to give him the opportunity to make amends. He was a 'charming' man, and full of gifts when things went his way, and his eyes started out of his head and he went purple if anyone crossed him, like deciding to get married instead of coming to be his housekeeper. I was cut out of his will for that. the things he did otherwise were pretty disgusting. My great aunt referred to him as The Parasite. You can't choose your relatives, but you can choose your friends, and I have to say I'm very lucky in mine.]]> Sarah Waldock A Novel IdeaFri, 25 May 2018 11:16:41 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127697#msg-127697 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127697#msg-127697What a horribly story of your mother - I'm so sorry to hear it. Unchecked authority can lead to terrible things when placed in the hands of an unscrupulous, dishonorable, cruel person.]]> Agnes Beatrix A Novel IdeaThu, 24 May 2018 12:34:49 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127695#msg-127695 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127695#msg-127695 Sarah Waldock A Novel IdeaThu, 24 May 2018 10:45:48 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127694#msg-127694 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127694#msg-127694 Karentea A Novel IdeaThu, 24 May 2018 02:40:37 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127693#msg-127693 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127693#msg-127693This is why I bang on about women learning to take decisions for themselves, and opposing abusers. If my characters give even one woman in an untenable situation strength to escape, then I've done a good job.]]> Sarah Waldock A Novel IdeaWed, 23 May 2018 22:04:21 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127692#msg-127692 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127692#msg-127692I'm not sure I understand - could Barbara's father just disown her underage daughter and wash his hands of her? Wouldn't it inspire awkward questions among his acquaintance? Would he completely deceive his future wife about it? DId he not even have any aspirations to be a gentleman and to be accepted in genteel circles?
What a horrid man, indeed. Self-centered and shameless.
Although Barbara is shockingly selfish and thoughtless and unbridled, perhaps this will show her who truly cares about her, and what it means to have rules that protect and guide and are valid for everyone - even if they curtail her whims.]]> Agnes Beatrix A Novel IdeaWed, 23 May 2018 21:23:26 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127688#msg-127688 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127688#msg-127688 Sarah Waldock A Novel IdeaWed, 23 May 2018 17:02:52 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127685#msg-127685 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127685#msg-127685
Now let me take a moment to silently savour the new harmony between Lucius and Libby - it was a sweet, poignant scene.]]> Lily A Novel IdeaWed, 23 May 2018 16:55:35 +0100 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127682#msg-127682 https://dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?6,127682,127682#msg-127682 Sarah Waldock A Novel IdeaWed, 23 May 2018 09:58:02 +0100