Hello and welcome to The Armitage Authors Network: An Archive of Writers Inspired by the Work of Richard Armitage. We are Trudy Brasure, author of the North & South inspired novels A Heart for Milton and In Consequence: A Retelling of North & South, and jazzbaby1, blogger at FunkyBlueDandelion. Over the summer we discovered that we have more in common than a love for Richard Armitage: we’re both huge fans of Nancy Klein’s N&S time-travel romance How Far the World Will Bend and were thrilled for her when she published it as an e-book on Amazon. We started chatting about other works written by fans that we love, and about the incredible creative energy that Mr. A inspires, and this site was born.
From the very beginning of the Armitage fandom there have been fledgling writers who tried their hands at writing fan fiction. A lot of those writers have made the leap to publication, some with traditional publishing houses and some as indie authors. We’re providing an index of these works, from the legacy fans who joined Armitage-related message boards and sites in the wake of North & South ten years ago to those who met Mr. Armitage through The Hobbit. We don’t just want you to just meet the works, we want you to meet the authors, too, so we’ll be also be interviewing writers. Kicking us off today is our interview with legacy fan Phillipa Ashley talking about her latest book, Third Time Lucky.
This fandom has an amazing creative heritage. We want to celebrate the talent of the writers we love and the encouragement they received from other well-wishers along the way. Speaking of well-wishers, if there’s a book you love we invite you to submit a reader review (you can find the details under the About tab) or if there’s an author that you think we should archive, please contact us and let us know. We’ll be posting every Saturday until it we get through the existing published catalog and we ask for your patience. In the meantime, look around, have fun, be inspired. Maybe we’ll feature you one day.
All the best,
Trudy and jazzbaby1
Am I the first to comment? I’m honored. Ladies, this website is a fabulous idea. Thanks for organizing this information in one place. Good luck with the new venture!
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Thank you for the kind comment, armitagebesotted, and welcome to the blog!
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What a great idea. Thank you for thinking of it, and sharing what your reading research has uncovered. Giving the authors a forum for explaining their creative process is also a big treat.
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Thank you for the kind comment, Kathy, and welcome! There’s such a wide range of talent in this fandom, we just want to bring it to everyone!
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Congratulations on an excellent first post. This blog was a brilliant idea. I can’t wait to read more!
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Thanks, phylly3, and welcome! And how did you wind up in my spam again? We need to get this figured out!
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I am so honored that my work helped spark this website, and very excited to see what comes! The first interview was wonderful—more, more, more, please!
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Welcome and thank you for the kind comment! Trudy and I are both huge fans of your work! There’s definitely more to come soon!
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What a treasure trove. It looks as if I can no longer resist and will have to buy a Kindle e-reader?
Thanks for starting this site. I very much enjoyed reading Philippa Ashley’s story in the interview just now, and I am thrilled to see how the fandom has actually fostered careers. Looking forward to read more!
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You can down load the Kindle reading app on a tablet or computer so you really don’t have to buy a Kindle but don’t let me discourage you if you really want one. 🙂 Thanks so much for commenting, guytly, and welcome to the blog!
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PC is just so uncomfortable to read on in bed :-D… I think Kindle is the way to go…
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There is that. 🙂
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This is a fabulous idea of you two ladies! Trudy and jazzbaby1, looking very much forward to your points of view, your compilations, findings and interviews. Because you mention it, I’m also a huge fan of Nancy Klein’s “How far the world will bend”. Always thought it deserved more praise and attention.
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Thanks for your kind comment and welcome to the blog, linda60!
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Brilliant idea. I wouldn’t have got writing if it weren’t for Mr A and the sites, so it’s lovely to see how many others have been inspired too. Good luck with this xx
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Thank you for the kind comment and welcome, Hazel!
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