Words of slender means – a writing diary entry
Words of Slender Means is my writing diary entry this month and focuses on the soundscape in Murial Spark’s novel The Girls of Slender Means.
At the Quill
At the Quill: About creative writing in my experience and practice. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing. Read Creative Writing and Independent Authorship for more details or scroll down.
Reading on the rails – a reading diary entry
Reading on the rails – a reading diary entry with reviews of 3 novels and links to half-a-dozen more. Also more train references than anyone really needs.
Burning Angels by Bear Grylls – a review
The last, long weekend in April I spent quite a lot of my reading time in the company of Bear Grylls and his adventure novel Burning Angels. Oh dear.
Counting words, the GDPR and George North
Counting words is only one way to keep track of your writing. A writing diary entry that checks in on my current writing practice, praises the GDPR and knocks the hat off George North.
White Trash by Nancy Isenberg – a book review
A review of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg which I read with great interest earlier in the month.
At the sign of the Alchemist – a reading diary
At the sign of the Alchemist – a new Reading Diary entry: reading strategies, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Yarden by Kristian Lundberg, White Trash Nancy Isenberg. And two double macchiatos.
SWF18: the 2018 Stockholm Writers’ Festival
SWF18 – a writing diary entry about my participation in the 2018 Stockholm Writers’ Festival back in April, together with a preamble about “all the trouble I’ve seen”.
Synopsis of The Long Way to London
A synopsis of The Long Way to London, the first part of Elin’s Story, that I wrote for the Stockholm Writer’s Festival 2018. This version includes hyperlinks to more information about the story and the characters.
I’ll start afresh tomorrow – writing diary
In which I start afresh to keep a writing diary and report from Jessica Hovey’s creative writing course at Folkuniversitet that I attended recently in preparation for the Stockholm Writers’ Festival coming up in April.
A farewell to Ursula K Le Guin 1929-2018
Ursula K Le Guin has died at the age of 88. Some thoughts and memories associated with a lifetime of reading her work. Illustrated with an attempted digital drawing of her as a young and old woman with the map of Earthsea – arguably her greatest creation.