I was on around Day 27 of NaNoWriMo and doing quite well I thought, writing my third novel, with my word count of c 24,000 when suddenly I was hit with news that I was being offered a book deal by Unbound, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The caveat was that it will …
The Sadomasochistic Art of Writing: you know what I’m talking about yes you do
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REVIEW: Stefan Zweig’s “Fantastic Night and Other Stories – Tales of Longing and Liberation”
“Fantastic Night and Other Stories” was written in 1922. Zweig was born in Vienna in 1881 to a wealthy Austrian Jewish family. He moved everywhere after he was a student in Berlin, he ended in London and New York and finally Brazil. He died in a double suicide with his wife in Brazil in 1942. These are …
NEWS: HUNGRY FOR MORE? “Hungry in Ipoh” has come to UK
It’s official. It’s out. Get Hungry in Ipoh on Amazon UK now > Product details Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Buku Fixi; 1st edition (2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 9670954053 ISBN-13: 978-9670954059 Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm Click to buy, leave a review, etc.
What genres are these books?
So I did a quick study of the books that I liked in no particular order, without cheating, without internet access. A handwritten list, just straight off the top of my head in 1 minute: Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Property by Valerie Martin Flower in the Attic trilogy by Virginia Andrews Girl …