Sophia Moseley
Writer, Author, and Theatre Manager
- More research into MI5, who created the concept of a 'double agent'. ‘Jack King’ fooled Nazi sympathisers in Britain by pretending to be a Gestapo agent. It was widely concluded that Jack King was in fact John Bingham, one of the inspirations for John le Carré’s fictional figure George Smiley.
- Currently researching MI5 and World War II. It draws in many different strands of information, including the Official Secrets Act. The first Act was passed in 1889 under the Breach of Official Trust Bill. It came about due to the unauthorised disclosures of information from government departments.
- And boom! Here I am again, after a long day at work, fully intending to have an early night, I find myself knee-deep in fascinating research, and the hours just slip away. I’ll share a few snippets with you in the coming days 📝
- This is excellent news! Creators’ interests are being protected. Parliament is defeated 💪
- If only we listened to our mothers... 🤣
- MI5's motto is Regnum Defende. Their badge was adopted in 1981, and is a winged sea-lion. It represents their historical association with the UK’s armed forces. The lion’s head represents the British Army, the fish’s body, the Royal Navy and the wings, the Royal Air Force.
- Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all. I love this poem by Emily Dickinson, I think we all need hope, especially at the moment.
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- After a busy, but lovely weekend, including discussions with the editor, and starting my magazine article, it's back to work. This beautiful delicate flower of the Midland Hawthorn has appeared in the tangled mess of my neighbour's garden hedge. Apparently it can be home to wood mice and slow worms.
- Great self defence for authors 🤣
- I've not watched Channel 5's The Feud, and not that I'm saying there's any similarity in the storyline to my book One For Sorrow, but given a dead magpie was found for Emma to see, and Emma is superstitious of such things. I wonder if Lonesome Pine Productions would like my other titles..?
- My favourite day of the week. Freshly squeezed orange juice and steamy hot coffee. Have a great day, whatever it is you’re doing ☺️
- Lyme Regis on a sunny Saturday afternoon… pretty isn’t it 😎
- Another beautiful day greeted me when I flung open the bedroom curtains this morning. On today’s writing menu is MI5, holiday camps of the 1930s, and a visit to my favourite second hand bookshop for further research material.
- Trying to imagine I’m on the border of France and Spain as the sun sets on the mountains. Guess my sunny spot in the corner of the garden, with a chilled glass of white, and small dish of olives will have to suffice! Have a great evening everyone!
- A very successful morning. My editor had directed me to a useful link that held some additional intel I have added to one of my stories. Meanwhile, here I am modelling my three titles, wearing my very fetching blue blazer. The links to each of them you will find below.
- Hello Friday! It’s the perfect blue above, and the neighbour’s lilac has once again nudged its way under the fence, but I don’t mind one bit! A busy day ahead with edits and additions. Have a great day everyone!
- And I know just who you’re talking about… they don’t come more stupid.
- Happy birthday Orson Welles, quite possibly one of the best directors, producers, and actors of our time.
- Been working on editor’s recommendations tonight. Writing is the same as sculpting, you keep chipping away until you feel it’s the perfect shape.
- Can there be a more perfect bucolic scene? Hardy himself may have looked across this 'Wessex' landscape, perhaps Tess or Jude may have emerged from a journey across these very hills in West Dorset. It's the patchwork quilt effect, with ancient hedgerows creating the beautiful panoramic view.
- On this day, 7 May, in 1846, the Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, published a book of poems under the pseudonym of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, to avoid the prejudice shown to female writers. Just two copies were sold.
- It absolutely is the right time to start a whole new writing project and fill your head with fresh ideas and exciting research, at 10pm on a school night… said no one at all 🥴
- A book is not just a book, it is sanity and happiness...
- Back to work after the long weekend. I'm afraid so Audrey.
- I took a stroll across the Iron Age hillfort of Lambert's Castle today. There is something very magical about the swathes of bluebells, magical but short lived. The Bluebell by Anne Bronte A fine and subtle spirit dwells In every little flower, Each one its own sweet feeling breathes…
- It’s my 2nd anniversary. It's two years since the cover reveal of My Time Again. A book cover is one of the most difficult parts of writing a book. I chose symbols that represented the different aspects of the story... the soft rose petal confetti, someone treading on dreams, the spectre of death.
- Unexpected book lovers’ bonus today. The secondhand bookshop, Book-Cycle, in Exeter, was open. Never being one to miss a literary opportunity, I took a closer look. It’s packed with a great collection of books, and the customer limit of 3 books, is because none are priced - you donate what you want.
- Absolutely loving this sunshine! It will be another alfresco breakfast for me, and later, I’ll be cracking on with my research with view to starting actually writing. Have a great day everyone!
- Dropped into one of my favourite second hand bookshops today, The Sanctuary, in search of additional information to help with my research. Delighted to see they’ve reopened the basement room that’s packed full of the National Geographic magazines going back to 1950.
- More research planned for today. Meanwhile, have you read One For Sorrow? It deals with trauma, phobia, guilt, and trust. Available FREE on Kindle Unlimited, or just 99p to download in other devices, also available in paperback. www.amazon.co.uk/One-Sorrow-S...
- It’s suddenly Friday evening again! I’ve had success with my research, and keeping fingers crossed I manage to make contact with the son of one of the people I’m writing about. It’s a beautiful evening, I’ve poured a glass, visited the local telephone-box library, and am sitting in the sunshine 😊
- What have I been doing on this gloriously sunny day? Researching, naturally. The myth of the ‘Fifth Column’. The phrase was coined by General Emilio Mola in October 1936, during a press conference at his Ávila headquarters, during the Spanish Civil War.
- After the short-lived but very intense and noisy storm last night, it’s like the tropics out there this morning, with the warm sunshine and evaporating rainfall. Have a fabulous Friday everyone!
- Nearly 7.30pm and it’s still warm enough to sit outside and watch the sun set between the rooftops. I’m listening to the bleating of lambs, the agitated repetitive peeping of blackbirds (must be a cat nearby), and the evening pre-roost singing of all the birds. I do love the early summer.
- As it's the first day of a new month, why not try something new? If you haven't yet read Unseen Follower, now is the perfect time, because it is available to download this very instant for just 99p/c. This continues to be the most popular of my three titles. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLKZDQG9
- @kat4obama.bsky.social happy May Day! I hope the goddess Flora has been kind to your garden 🌸🌺🌼
- Happy May Day! May Flora, the goddess of flowers and spring (as opposed to the spreadable stuff), bring you much fecundity in all you desire!
- One of my favourite poems, and poets, William Blake. Quite apt given it's the end of April and the eve of Beltane.
- The last day of April, and not a shower or raindrop in sight, just a seamless stretch of spring green and summer blue. Happy Beltane eve.
- More research tonight. It’s hauntingly real how history repeats itself. Reading the UK Parliament Hansard reports from shortly after World War Two broke out, and the excuses used by ministers for their behaviour and actions.
