ginner – Irene Mawer – Mime, Movement, and Voice

black and white image of a modern, older woman who is wearing glasses.

Essential Dance Books

June 2, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Uncategorized / voice

And So It Begins

Review number one. Thank you very much. This one is on Amazon, but you can also leave reviews in other places, including Goodreads.

the front cover of the book, showing a black and white photo of a woman, the title of the book, and the name of the author.

May 19, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized / voice

After seven years of blood, sweat, and literal tears – I have written and self-published a book. Available for sale on my website (this one you are currently on), or on Amazon – but it is more expensive there. So absolutely proud and happy. I hope I have done good

man wearing a t-shirt showing the front cover of a book about Miss Mawer

May 12, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized / voice

Celebrating Miss Mawer

Thank you to my husband Andy! Take a close look at the t-shirt, he bought two – one for him and one for me. He couldn’t wait for the official book launch, ha ha ha. The ebook is all ready and finished. We are just awaiting the set-up of the

April 28, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized

Typo

Typo. A typo (short for typographical error) is a small, unintentional mistake made while typing or printing text, such as misspelled words, missing letters, or transposed characters Common examples include “teh” for “the” or “manager” for “manage”. Please help me out – I need another 32 people to each read

black text on white page listing some of the contents of the autobiography

April 21, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized

A Lie-in.

This morning I stayed in bed until about 8 am – which is a huge lie-in for me. Apart from the fact I like to get up early, for the past few years I haven’t wanted to lie in bed, because my book was calling to me. Today is a

a pub on the bank of a river, water in the foreground.

April 7, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Part 4 – Where is Miss Mawer’s Heraldic Lion?

When Miss Mawer visited the lion, where was it? Why did she go there? And what did the lion look like? Well, let’s take that last question first. The best photo (and the photos are pretty scarce) was taken by well-known and respected photographer, Eric de Mare, and can be

photo of the stone coronet from the head of the Heraldic Lion statue

March 24, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Part 2 – A Heraldic Mullet

In my previous blog post, I wrote about Miss Mawer sitting on a life-sized, stone lion and that Toby had done detective work to find out where the statue was located. Toby’s methodology was absolutely fascinating – he saw loads of clues in the photo, things that I hadn’t even

screenshot showing a paragraph of manuscript. Paragraph is highlighted in blue.

March 3, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Paraphrasing

In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I was working hard at self-editing, cutting the number of words in the book. One of the techniques that I used was paraphrasing. This is where I took very long quotes and cut them down by saying the information in my

February 24, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Word Count

Which would you rather read: 101,000 words, or 83,500 words? That is an impossible question, I know. I imagine it depends on how you feel about what you are reading, and if you find it interesting and enjoyable. The numbers I have shown above relate to my Irene Mawer biography.

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