Tag archive: Review
When a Writer isn’t Writing – a book to unblock you
Can a book teach you how to write? No, although you could argue that reading a lot of books can teach you how to write, as you absorb all those good words by osmosis. Sometimes, though, it is helpful to… continue reading »
What I would have said to Harper Lee
Before I got a chance to read GO SET A WATCHMAN on Tuesday, I put myself on a media ban. There were articles and reviews popping up all over the place and I wanted to come to the book with… continue reading »
The Write Crowd – the right book?
Can a book teach you how to write? No, although you could argue that reading a lot of books can teach you how to write, as you absorb all those good words by osmosis. Sometimes, though, it is helpful to… continue reading »
Stephen King’s ON WRITING – or The Best Writing Book Ever Written
Can a book teach you how to write? No, although you could argue that reading a lot of books can teach you how to write, as you absorb all those good words by osmosis. Sometimes, though, it is helpful to… continue reading »
What’s a review worth?
If self-publishing means everyone can be a writer, then the internet means anyone can be a critic. There’s something intoxicating about being asked for your opinion on everything you buy, from batteries to Christmas turkey. Do you succumb? What about… continue reading »
JK Rowing’s secret life
UPDATED TO ADD REVIEW It’s just come to light that a well-reviewed crime writer, Robert Galbraith, is actually JK Rowling, writing without the full glare of expectation and scrutiny – and doing rather well. (Doing rather well for a first time crime… continue reading »
Have you read it yet?
JK Rowling has been prepared for the worst. In a rare interview with the Guardian she imagines readers of her first adult novel telling her ‘that’s shockingly bad- back to wizards for you’ – but she is fairly sanguine. Being… continue reading »
If it keeps up this rain – you’re going to need this list..
Before I went away at Easter, I loaded up my Kindle with about 40 books. I read most of them – despite the fact we had a fantastically sunny and warm holiday. It’s just what I do. It rains –… continue reading »
50 shades of potential
You’d have to be tied up in a velvet-lined dungeon not to have heard the publishing buzz over FIFTY SHADES OF GREY and its two sequels. Initially published online as ‘fan-fic’ – fan fiction – the author got picked up… continue reading »
Self-published review – New Beginnings by Johanna Nield
Winner of my March Self-Published competition – I was interested to read NEW BEGINNINGS by Johanna Nield because her tag line ‘Tasha’s in love with the wrong man at the wrong time, leading her into a minefield of moral dilemmas… continue reading »