I was so shocked (certainly more so than by any of the not very crucial stuff going on in the Archers today) to read this post by Louise Wise called ‘Why Writing Groups are Crap’ I have decided to launch a riposte. But if I have to disagree with Louise, she has made me think about why … Continue reading Why not all Writing Groups are Crap
Somewhere amongst my souvenirs I’m sure I have a dusty photo of John Cleese but for now it is lost without trace and so I’ll have to make do with this one from Wikipedia. But this is how he looked in 1971, when I was still a first year student (yes, for those who like the … Continue reading C is for something Completely different
Trespass by Rose Tremain is about two familes, in fact two sets of brothers and sisters whose lives become interlinked. Anthony Verey, renowned antiques expert fallen on hard times, takes himself off to visit his elder sister Veronica who has made her home in the Cevennes with her new partner Kitty. As Anthony reclaims his sister’s loyalty, Kitty’s fragile … Continue reading Trespass
Sir David Brewster photographed by Hill and Adamson Today the St. Andrews trip goes a long way back in time, in fact to 1838, when Sir David Brewster arrived to be Principal of St. Andrews University. By this time Brewster, originally trained in theology, was already an eminent man of science who had become famous chiefly … Continue reading B is for … Brewster
This week I stumbled on an interesting blog post from an Australian writer that proposes a new genre for novels that could fall into either the YA or general adult categories. The suggested name for this is New Adult (hopefully NA rather than NAF!) and was I think originally conceived to identify an alternative to chick … Continue reading A genre by any other name …
Ali Bacon, Author 