Follow my blog with Bloglovin Love Nordic Noir? Now try Nordic Romance! The first three books in the best-selling tumultuous love story between beautiful Finnish student and handsome British Navy Officer are now compiled into one beautiful boxed set. A long-distance military romance set in … [Read more...]
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
My heart sank when I opened 'My Brilliant Friend' and saw the 'Index of characters'. I'd really been looking forward to reading this book, especially as I knew it was the first part in a series set in Italy – and had been written by a woman. All details that attracted me to 'My Brilliant Friend.' … [Read more...]
Advice for New Writers Part 4: How to Increase the Speed of Writing
In Part 2 of this series of posts, I talked about editing your work, and how the first draft is always just that, a draft – an incomplete piece of writing. Having said that, without getting those words out, without that first draft, you cannot move forward and produce a finished product - your … [Read more...]