Literary events Cinders Just wanted to share the exciting news that one of my regular readers, Michelle Davidson Argyle (aka Lady Glamis) has just published her first book. I haven’t read…
Thinking Monday morning inspiration “We are here to provide for those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and more crippled than ourselves. That is our…
On the Holloway Road Paired with Andrea Levy OK, so Amazon’s algorithms don’t always work too well. But I was pleased to see On the Holloway Road being offered with…
Thinking Monday morning inspiration “The author of genius does keep til his last breath the spontaneity, the ready sensitiveness, of a child, the “innocence of eye”…
Literary events New Yorker 20 under 40 Ah, another list. Another list that makes me feel inadequate, not only because I’m not on it but because I haven’t even…
Thinking Monday morning inspiration Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back. AL Kennedy The…
Literary eventsThinking Public Lending Right It’s sad to see that the budget for Public Lending Right is being cut by the new Tory/LibDem government. It’s a worthwhile…
Thinking Monday morning inspiration Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly…
Reading “Becoming a Writer” by Dorothea Brande This is a wonderfully lucid book. I would not hesitate to take writing advice from Dorothea Brande, for the simple reason that…