My reading fest in Spain was highly enjoyable, though I preferred my old favourites to the new voices I took along. Margaret Drabble’s Sea Lady is an absorbing and evocative read. No big surprises in the plot, but a sheer delight for the beauty of the language and the air of quiet reflection, which is … Continue reading Writers old and new
Sometimes Mslexia lies neglected on the coffee table for a few days, other times I leap on it and devour it in one. This month I’ve left the creative writing for a quiet moment, but spent an industrious evening checking out all the notices and links with a view to getting more work out there – and … Continue reading On Pygmygiant’s shoulders
If actors are ‘between jobs’ I’m in the pleasant position of being between holidays, last week in a chilly North Wales (pictured is Beaumaris, Anglesey, whose pint-sized pier must have one of the best views ever) and next week to sunny (we hope) Spain. Being similarly poised between novels it’s also a good time to … Continue reading Points in between
Meanwhile Laura Swaffield’s review of New History (aka Landscape of Love) has reached Europe, and this week I had a lovely email from a librarian in Bologna whose staff have read the first chapter and are dying to know what happens to Alec, Bel and co. It’s probably a bit early to start planning the … Continue reading Tomorrow, the world?
How I regret that in my life as a reader I’ve paid so little attention to plot. Ask me about any novel that’s stuck in my mind and I’m likely to tell you about the characters the settings or the general situation, and when I sat down to write New History that’s all I thought … Continue reading The plot thickens (and frustrates)
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