My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
I totally love this book. Without doubt, it will be my book of the year. The blurb on the front cover predicts that it will be a classic in years to come. That's a huge claim, so I began reading it with interest and a bit of scepticism. But it is out there with the best. …
Continue reading Absolutely the best novel I’ve read this year
I've never had writer's block.Smashing out three thousand words in a morning isn't difficult. I started my second novel towards the end of the summer and I'm now on over 65 thousand words. Writing is like plastering a wall: slosh it out and then sand it down and paint it later. Or like making a cake: whack …
Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings is about the brutality of slavery in America's deep south, at the point when some attitudes had started to change. The novel charts the period between 1803 to 1838 and the first person perspective moves between Handful, a ten year old slave, and Sarah, the girl to whom she is given …
That quintessence of dust 