This week’s article features celebrities annoying regular people, doomsday survivors and Alfred Hitchcock, plus the usual collection of writing advice and book love. This article on lesser known books from your favourite authors really makes me want to read. An anonymous donor has stepped in to help prevent a ring once owned by Jane Austen from being taken out of… Read More
Over the last decade or so, the internet has become an increasingly central part of our lives. There are plenty of reasons to celebrate the World Wide Web, the knowledge and opportunities it has given us. But has it also created problems in the way we manage our day to day lives? I’ve always prided myself on being an academic… Read More
So you want to be a writer? An author? A novelist? Maybe you already define yourself using one of these words, even if you’ve never had your work professionally published. I’ve had many conversations with writers over the years and no matter how isolated we can become, no matter how absorbed by our personal creative struggles, we all have many… Read More
Somnambulist n. A person who walks about in his or her sleep; a sleepwalker. Source: en.wiktionary.org
If you’re a writer, you must be on Twitter, right? How about all you book fanatics – have you got a profile yet? If you’ve been flirting with the idea of using Twitter for a while, but haven’t made the leap, let me tell you why you should sign up. Competitions and giveaways Are you one of those people who… Read More
Wow, is Sunday here already? This week’s collection of links includes a lot of stuff about writing and books, plus some fantastic photography. This photo project imagines what happened to Disney princesses after the story ended and they succumbed to real life. 27 problems only an introvert will understand. This. Is. My. Life! Resting bitch face rears its head again!… Read More
If you woke up tomorrow and were free to do anything you wanted with your life, what would you do and who would you be? Ever since I left university and began working full time, that’s a question that I’ve been absorbed by time and time again. Perhaps this is something I should have considered in more depth when I… Read More
Oh, sweet Nineties! I remember you fondly as the years of my childhood, when stonewash jeans and baggy t-shirts were cool and Jon Bon Jovi’s haircut made the news. Grunge rocked, Madonna dated Vanilla Ice and Gen X angst was everywhere. But you were also the decade that brought us some pretty amazing television shows. Here are 14 of my… Read More