How Jordan Ring’s “Nonfiction Alchemy” helped when writing my nonfiction book.
Review of Saving Sara: a Memoir of Food Addiction by Sara Somers
A review of Saving Sara: a Memoir of Food Addiction by Sara Somers,
Hit Lit by James W. Hall – a Review
What makes a bestseller? Hit Lit by James W. Hall has analysed twelve, and this review considers how authors benefit from reading Hit Lit.
Review of: Write Your Book in a Flash by Dan Janal
In Write Your Book in a Flash, Dan Janal writes about how most people who start books never finish them. He says: People hit this wall with almost everything they do–from trying to lose weight to creating impossibly long to-do lists, to saving money for retirement. The people who succeed find a way to persevere when things get tough (or when … Read More
The Four Seasons of Breakupvia by Margaret K. Johnson – a Review and Author Interview
When Margaret K. Johnson contacted me to ask if I would review her book, The Four Seasons of Breakupvia, I knew nothing about her, so I checked her author page on Amazon. I was intrigued to see we had a lot in common. Like me, she went to Art School, like me, once she started writing her passion for words superseded her passion … Read More
Unexploded by Alison MacLeod – a review
Unexploded is set in wartime Britain, in the south-coast town of Brighton. It takes place between May 1940 and June 1941, during which time the threat of Nazi invasion hands over the town. Bombers fly overhead, mostly en route to and from blasting London to pieces, sometimes dropping bombs on Brighton. Life goes on as normal, with characters going to … Read More
Book Review: Parenting With Purpose by Nina Garcia
I hadn’t got far into Parenting with Purpose before I knew that I was going to like it. In the first page of her introduction, Nina Garcia says: “We’ve got this discipline thing all wrong. We assume discipline is about punishment… We mistakenly believe that the main purpose of discipline is to stop tantrums at all costs, as quickly as possible.” … Read More
Mothering Through the Darkness – a Review.
Review of: Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience , edited by Stephanie Sprenger and Jessica Smock My first attempt at reading Mothering Through the Darkness stopped after three essays. The weight of these women’s struggles seemed overwhelming, and I wasn’t sure I could carry on. It didn’t help that I am in the midst of … Read More
The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela – a Review
Leila and I met over 20 years ago when we were taking a creative writing class. The day I first noticed her, she told the class she was delighted to have just finished writing her first ever short story. Since then, Leila has written many more short stories, including The Museum, which won the first ever Caine Prize for African … Read More
“Them and Us” by Arthur Deikman – a Reflection
A few months ago, I typed, “politicians as parental figures” into a search engine and Arthur Deikman’s book: Them and Us came up. Those of you who regularly read this blog, may have noticed I’ve referenced him a few times recently, and now I want to reflect more fully on the book. Deikman, who died in 2013, was a professor … Read More
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