Authors have a great skill in crafting worlds that we, as readers, slip into so easily. We invest in the characters: feel their emotions, want the best for them.
So why then, did I become an editor and not a writer?
Tag Archives: Reading
The 2020 Pride Parade of Books
June is known as Pride Month. But this year is different. With all the strict measures in place about gatherings, the famous Pride Parades are off. So, instead, I am giving a virtual parade of LGBTQ+ books!
Lockdown Blog Day 65
It might be hump day but I’ve found myself inspired this Wednesday!
Lockdown Blog Day 56
You’d think – for someone who works with books and stories all the time – that reading for pleasure would be an easy thing.
But, somehow, in lockdown, that just doesn’t seem to be happening. I don’t know if it’s the pressure of trying to find new clients (I have to pay the bills!) or the constant updating from government and rolling news bulletins, but I’ve been finding really difficult to switch off.
Lockdown Blog Day 49
It looks like I’m going to have a lot of bedtime reading tonight!
Lockdown Blog Day 37
Things I’ve started, but not continued with, since lockdown began!
Lockdown Blog Day 35
Why do we write? What is it about our stories and information that means that we have to keep it in the written form?
Lockdown Blog Day 31
Tonight is World Book Night. And to coincide with this event, it was revealed that many more people are turning to books to see them through the lockdown.
The secret to longevity
“What is the secret to your longevity?” I asked the author who had come to sign books at the local, independent bookshop this week. She has been around a while and has quite many books out.