When Nathan Bransford asked his reader’s this week which fictional world they would like to live in, the responses were, I thought, a bit dull. The question, I suppose, was weighted towards realms of fantasy, rather than geographic or historical location and so maybe it’s no surprise that Hogwart’s and various bits of Middle Earth … Continue reading World View
As a writer, it’s easy to be seduced by those stories of instant success into thinking that there are short-cuts to the holy grail of getting published, and I have to thank people like Jane Smith (check out her nice new website) and Sally Zigmond for reminding me that even in this techno whizzy age the traditional … Continue reading Mythbuster
I’ve written before about Zoe Fairbairns but the only book of hers I actually possess is Daddy’s Girls, which I picked up this week when thinking about our book group theme of brothers and sisters. I’ve really enjoyed rereading it, although it has provided a couple of surprises. First of all, although I must have … Continue reading Daddy’s Girls
Last week Nathan Bransford invited his blog followers to be agents for a day. The idea was similar to that of Pitch Parlour (one of my erstwhile haunts but sadly now in intermission) in allowing writers to judge their peers on the strength of a pitch letter and sample pages. (Most U.S. agents work from a … Continue reading Mind over matter
Interesting discussions at this week’s Alternative Book Club where we had all chosen a film or TV tie-in. I (and most others!) had somewhat perversely chosen books of which we had not seen the screen version, but this didn’t stop us having a lively spat on the relationship between the two genres. My own choice … Continue reading From page to screen (or back again)
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