Tag: books
Amazon the X Factor for books.
With the return of the TV programme in the UK, it made me think about how it gave people who have no connections, (cultural capital, my husband would term it), a chance to show what they can do. Creat... Read More
Giveaways – Ripley Patton
Collective wisdom suggests that you should build an e-mail list where you can share all your book news. I have previously tried giveaways with Goodreads and from my website, but with very limited succ... Read More
Glyndwr University
An Uncommon Attorney by Miles Craven All indie authors take a risk when they stick their head above the parapet, but when you teach creative writing for a living it is even more of a risk. You risk yo... Read More
A German perspective
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Set in Germany during the Second World War this book is narrated by death. Not the vindictive stealer of life we assume, but a more paternalistic purveyor of souls. Like... Read More
Non-linear structures in literature
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson Readers who enjoy Virginia Woolf will also love Kate Atkinson. She has that same scatty stream of consciousness style, although this book is more ordered than he... Read More
A Spool of Blue Thread – non linear structure
This is a story of one family the Whitshanks. Red and Abbey have four children – Denny, Amanda, Jeanine and Stem (Douglas). Our first introduction to Denny is when he rings his father to tell him he... Read More
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Divergent ends with Tris thinking of life beyond a faction, yet insurgent is so much more than this. She still clings to Dauntless as her faction of choice, but she also has to recognise that she is d... Read More
Stephen King – On Writing
I laughed, I cried, I took notes. This book is half biography, half looking at some of the problems of writing. For anyone looking for a how to book, or some magical formula, this book isn’t it. Wha... Read More