I haven't been writing. There - I admitted it. What I have been doing is widely known as 'Raiding the Library' and 'Reading A Lot'. Below are a section of the books I have devoured. It's funny how you can make memories with books. What I mean is, I read one of these books on… Continue reading Writing Slumps, Reading Highs
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An Accidental Publishing
A year ago, I travelled to America and wrote a book, amongst many other things (sort-of-fainting, firefly spottings, book bingeing, wearing a polka dot dress with blue tights and red shoes - you know, the usual). Inspired by Mystic Seaport, several friends and I sat around a table and concocted a plot. It was going… Continue reading An Accidental Publishing
Owl Are You?
(I know. It's a bad pun) . Our Intrepid Heroine: They Sang (A Lot) is inching forwards. It is going to be a wee bit longer than the first one, as the adventure is quite the riot. "And when your unicorn abandons you, you become officially Aware of the fact that All Hope Is Lost."… Continue reading Owl Are You?
Recountings – Villette: an Adverse Reaction
Disclaimer: This was, for the most part, written the Day After Reading, when the trauma was still fresh and painful in my mind. Villette by Charlotte Bronte - Here be Spoilers - Perhaps I should have looked a little more closely at the reviews I read weeks before starting Villette. Perhaps I should have opened… Continue reading Recountings – Villette: an Adverse Reaction
A Recounting: The Talisman Ring, Deathbeds and [plenty of] Adventure
At first, The Talisman Ring and I weren't going to get along very well. The first character introduced, Sir Tristram Shield, seemed altogether too dry to be the Proper Heyer Hero. He meets with his great-uncle, who is Soon To Die, and hears him propose that he should wed his cousin. The first half of… Continue reading A Recounting: The Talisman Ring, Deathbeds and [plenty of] Adventure
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