I've often seen top authors post on social media that they’re relieved because their editor/agent loved the first read of their new book. I look upon these posts with fascination. Even authors, whose books I think are brilliant, get nervous about sharing their work? It makes me wonder, do the nerves ever stop? I thought that my anxieties would be behind me, now that … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Nerves
Archives for April 2013
Ten Books…About Husbands
Husbands. Well, what can we say? Sometimes amazing men - thoughtful, loving, supportive. Then sometimes irritating with peculiar habits. Finding a husband is a great joy. You've found your mate for life. Then you find you have to live with him. For life. But they're great on the whole. Honest. Here are our top ten books celebrating husbands. 1. The Foster … [Read more...] about Ten Books…About Husbands
The Book That Changed My Life: Claire King chooses The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble
Our feature continues with Claire King, author of The Night Rainbow. You can read our review of it here. Claire tells Novelicious how The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble made her reconsider her future. The title of Margaret Drabble’s novel alludes to a moth that exists in two varieties: one black, and the other pale and speckled. In the UK originally the light … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Claire King chooses The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble
Write Your Novel – Crafting Solid Scenes
If words are the raw material of your novel, then scenes are the building blocks. If you spend time crafting solid scenes, your novel will end up a mighty castle, rather than a... pile of broken stones. I must admit, I've only recently worked out what makes a scene a scene. I had comments on an early book (from my agent, so we're not talking 'rubbish first … [Read more...] about Write Your Novel – Crafting Solid Scenes
Review – Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé by Joanne Harris
Reviewed by Kelly Allen After eight years of living in Paris, Vianne Rocher feels as if her little family have finally settled down. Vianne is safe in her world with Roux; the man she fell in love with all those years ago in Lansquenet, their daughter Rosette and her eldest daughter, Anouk. However, one day a letter arrives from an old friend that summons Vianne back to the … [Read more...] about Review – Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé by Joanne Harris