How an Idea Turned Into a Novel.

SEEKING CLEMENCY by Joy Martin

There wasn't much left of the house by the lake, but in its ruins there was a story.

In this first episode, we uncover how a single image of a run down home sparked the idea for Seeking Clemency, a haunting and lyrical novel by Joy Martin.

From quiet inspiration to a fully formed novel, we trace the path of creativity, memory, and persistence.

Researching a Novel

A WRONG TO SWEETEN and A HERITAGE OF WRONG by Joy Martin

She'd lost her husband but the big house and the land that went with it is all hers. Someone is going to make her pay.

How the evil of one generation can seep down to poison the next

Setting a Novel in a Foreign Land

THE IMAGE OF LAURA, ULICK'S DAUGHTER and THE MOON IS RED IN APRIL

All three women were intrepid, travelling into foreign lands.. One fought to protect her image, one to find out who she was, the third to fight for the man she loved and to take him from her rival.

Three novels set in the shadow of war and impending tragedy in three very different lands.