Finding the #Write #Words? No. 31: The Little Red Writing Book
Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 31: The Little Red Writing Book Paperback,…
Finding the #Write #Words? No. 23: Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English.
Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 23: Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English.…
Somebody Else’s Troubles, by J.A. English: #BookReview.
389 Pages Literary Fiction. All serious works of fiction should carry at least one underlying message. Some manage this with such subtlety it barely makes a…
Bridport Prize Anthology 2019, by: The Bridport Prize #BookReview.
164 pages Literary/Contemporary Fiction/Poetry Anthologies This anthology contains the prize-winning entries into the 2019 contest run by this prestigious organisation. There are judge’s reports on the…
84K, by Claire North: #BookReview.
480 pages Political Fiction/Dystopian/Literary Fiction Not for the faint-hearted. And, definitely not for the perennially depressed. But this is a book that should be read by…
The #Write #Words? Post 28
Examining Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions, click here for the introductory post to the series. This week’s words: Xanadu,…
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner: #BookReview.
400 pages Literary Classics When a book is as well-known as this classic, it’s difficult to know whether anything new can be said about it. But…
The #Write #Words? Post 1
A new series of posts about what words to use, and how. In this series, I’ll consider Onomatopoeia, Simile, and Collective Nouns. From time to time,…
Cocktails with a Dead Man, by Joe Albanese: #BookReview.
106 pages Poetry This is a mix of the intensely personal, regarding love and its outcomes; the general as it relates to writers a group; and…
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin: #BookReview.
304 pages Children’s/Science Fiction and Fantasy It may seem like an odd time of life to be reading children’s literature. In my defence, I bought this…
