MY BOOKS from Asian Noir to the poetry of Graham Mort…First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
BY Sophie Jenkins. Sophie lives in north London and her novel The Forgotten Guide to Happiness is about memory and the enduring power of love. Twitter: @sophiejenkinsuk sophie@sophiejenkinsauthor.com What’s the first … Continue reading
Leo Tolstoy on light and shadow QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow. Leo Tolstoy
MY BOOKS from Winnie the Pooh and World War II to Brain Surgery First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
BY Josie Darling: specialist nurse, mum of four, swimmer, gardener, scribbler. Blog: https://plotpartners.blog What’s the first book you remember reading (or being read to you)? Zaralda and the ogre What’s … Continue reading
The trouble with using long words…Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, working for long words because you’re maybe a little bit ashamed of … Continue reading
MY BOOKS from knights in armour to Simon Schama…First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
This is the start of a new series on the books we remember, the books that have changed our lives and the books we are reading right now…and by ‘we’ … Continue reading
Celebrating 100 years of (at least some) women voting
I thought I would write about the celebrations taking place next weekend because I have to admit I’ve only just heard about what’s being planned and I felt the least … Continue reading
…If I tried to write a universal novel, it would be water…Toni Morrison QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked (James) Joyce not to mention Catholicism or the world of Dublin. Never. … Continue reading
Monthly Creative Events, Jobs and Opportunities June 2018
This month: Rent A Desk, Making a Living from Writing, Writing & Editing, Inspirational Non Fiction, Work Experience, Editorship, Audience Assistant, Editorial Assistants, Locations: East London, Somerset, Birmingham, Berlin or … Continue reading
BREAD AND ROSES working class poetry competition
I haven’t come across this competition before, but this is the second year Culture Matters – a collective of writers and activists – are running the Bread and Roses Poetry … Continue reading
She would never be lonely again…QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there … Continue reading
This is what separates artists from ordinary people…Anne Lamott QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. We … Continue reading
What books have taught me – James Baldwin QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented … Continue reading
Monthly Creative Events, Jobs and Opportunities May 2018
This month: Crime Writing, Jobs in Publishing, Inspirational Non Fiction, Scottish Poetry, TV writing, Weird fiction, Work Experience Locations: London, Edinburgh, Harrogate, California, UK wide, Worldwide The Theakston Old Peculiar … Continue reading
Seamus Heaney answers the age-old question: does poetry change anything? QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world. Seamus Heaney
