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558 </div><!-- .header --> 559 560 <div class="grid__item"> 561 <div class="card card--text"><h1 class="archive-title"><span><span class="vcard">Lois</span></span></h1> <p>I am a writer living in the west of England; I have written fourrteen novels, my latest being 'Winterdyke' This is the latest of the seven Radwinter genealogical mysteries series, all available on Amazon - the eighth in the series due to appear in early summer. I have written seven other novels, a guide to writing, three stories for reluctant readers and two anthologies with other writers. All are available as eBooks and paperbacks. 562 563I hope my blog will engage you with my other interests, music, family history travel, and food... Most of all I hope you engage with my writing and my thoughts on the process... at least, on my process!! 564 565You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram</p> </div> 566 </div> 567 568<article id="post-52474" class="post-52474 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-unfinished-and-unpublished-novels category-writing tag-farholm-island tag-the-story-of-frederico-milan grid__item card card--image card--landscape"> 569 <div class="card__mask"> 570 <div class="card__hover"> 571 572 573 <div class="card__wrap"> 574 <div class="card__shadow"> 575 <a href="https://loiselsden.com/2026/10/01/his-wife-disappeared/" class="entry-image--landscape card__image"> 576 <div class="card__image-wrap" style="padding-top: 66.363636363636%;"> 577 <img class="card__thumb" src="https://loiselsden.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ballintoy-55.jpg?w=10"> 578 <div class="card__image--large" data-src="https://loiselsden.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ballintoy-55.jpg?w=432"></div> 579 </div> 580 </a> 581 </div> 582 <div class="card-title-wrap"> 583 <div class="card__title"> 584 <h2><a href="https://loiselsden.com/2026/10/01/his-wife-disappeared/" rel="bookmark">His wife disappeared!!</a></h2> <div class="card__meta entry-meta"> 585 586 <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://loiselsden.com/category/writing/" rel="category tag">writing</a></span> <span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://loiselsden.com/author/loiselsden/">Lois</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><a href="https://loiselsden.com/2026/10/01/his-wife-disappeared/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2026-10-01T23:26:28+01:00">October 1, 2026</time></a></span> </div> 587 </div> 588 </div> 589 </div> 590 591 592 </div> 593 </div> 594</article><!-- #post-## --> 595 596<article id="post-52469" class="post-52469 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family-holidays category-family-stories category-places tag-butlins-holiday-camp tag-butlins-holiday-camp-hopton tag-constitutional-holiday-camp-hopton tag-great-yarmouth tag-hopton-norfolk tag-kippers grid__item card card--image card--landscape"> 597 <div class="card__mask"> 598 <div class="card__hover"> 599 600 601 <div class="card__wrap"> 602 <div class="card__shadow"> 603 <a href="https://loiselsden.com/2026/09/30/kippers-boooo/" class="entry-image--landscape card__image"> 604 <div class="card__image-wrap" style="padding-top: 93.030303030303%;"> 605 <img class="card__thumb" src="https://loiselsden.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/c5adb48c-f583-4c45-9b2d-dfa894b7b859.jpeg?w=10"> 606 <div class="card__image--large" data-src="https://loiselsden.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/c5adb48c-f583-4c45-9b2d-dfa894b7b859.jpeg?w=432"></div> 607 </div> 608 </a> 609 </div> 610 <div class="card-title-wrap"> 611 <div class="card__title"> 612 <h2><a href="https://loiselsden.com/2026/09/30/kippers-boooo/" rel="bookmark">Kippers!! Boooo!</a></h2> <div class="card__meta entry-meta"> 613 614 <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://loiselsden.com/category/family-stories/" rel="category tag">Family Stories</a></span> <span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://loiselsden.com/author/loiselsden/">Lois</a></span></span><span class="posted-on">
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