What Mrs Finnegan Wanted for Christmas and What She Got
May each journey you take be SHORTENED by laughter May friendship keep company with you every day of the New Year And may you have better LUCK than I did … Continue reading
My Year in Books – Lists Upon Lists
There is something seductive about articles called The TEN Best Books…or 16 Desert Island You Must Visit or even 101 Cats Foods for Fastidious Felines. Lists are like letters, we … Continue reading
My Year in Books – The Craft of Writing
I’m not a huge fan of books on writing that are long on discussion and short on showing. I can take the chat if somewhere all along the line I … Continue reading
My Year in Books – Two From a Small Indy Press
It’s not a coincidence that époque press produced two of the books that made an impact on me in 2023. Since they began a few years ago (it was pre-covid … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan’s Year in Books
Or what a busy housekeeper reads when two things collide: a good book and a few moments of leisure Housekeepers are not great readers. How can we be with the … Continue reading
My Year in Books
This week it’s all about books. It’s not a record of what I’ve read in 2023 or even of the ones I’ve liked. No, it’s more about the ones I … Continue reading
Reading, writing and the Absurdity of Life – Anne Lamott QUOTES FOR WRITERS
When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan’s Almanac: Never Take a Knife to a Muffin
Mrs Finnegan is demonstrating all the social graces and INVITES all readers to The Regency Town House
Why Fiction is More Interesting…Eleanor Roosevelt QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell … Continue reading
What We Hope For…Anton Chekhov QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Anton Chekhov in a pessimistic mood reflecting on the things we hope for…
Mrs Finnegan’s Almanac: Avoiding Flaming Tar Barrels
Discover what Bonfire night was like in 1836 Brighton and the 13th century saint who wrote about everything from alchemy to zoology (and a lot of other ologies)
Seeing the Familiar in a New Way – Donald Maass, New York Literary Agent QUOTES FOR WRITERS
…making me see the familiar in a wholly new way and making the unfamiliar a foundational part of me…
How to Become a Famous Writer – Samuel Johnson
It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, … Continue reading
Think of it from the Blank Canvas’ Point of View – Philip Pullman QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The mind has plenty of ways of preventing you from writing, and paralysing self-consciousness is a good one. The only thing to do is ignore it, and remember what Vincent … Continue reading
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