Date Archives February 2020

Is It a Good Idea to Frustrate Your Readers’ Expectations?

The writing process 11 February 2020 2 Comments

I was interviewed recently for a podcast by book blogger Charlie Place, and her perceptive questions got me thinking about my writing. In particular, why do I deliberately frustrate readers’ expectations in my novels? You can listen to the podcast on Charlie’s site if you so desire. Or you can listen below: Now that I’ve had some extra time to… Read More

January 2020 Reading Roundup

Reading 3 February 2020 4 Comments

The first month of the year took me from Greece to Serbia via Vienna (don’t ask!), and in the world of books it took me from a Cretan classic to a medieval poet, via some self-help literature, a road-trip novel, and a new theory of climate change. Here we go… Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future by… Read More