I'm definitely a taker. Anything that helps improve craft. I have many a craft book with exercises:
James Scott Bells' - Voice: The Secret Power of Great Writing
James Scott Bells' - Writing Unforgettable characters
Sasha Black - The Anatomy of...
I have been thinking about setting up an online writing workshop. The in-person workshop group I have been participating in here has been fun and productive, maybe it can work online, too.
The basic idea is that we use a framework with short...
Rereading Wolfe Hall, Hilary Mantel. It is a crunchy with exposition. Like a nougatty Mardi Gras Praline of relevant info downed w delight. I've tried reading her other books but they are impenetrable to me or repellant. But this, her voice is...
Just finished Glyph, the new book by Ali Smith. It's the follow-up to her previous novel, confusingly called Gliff.
Both are anti-war novels about sisters and horses - or a ghost horse in the case of Glyph.
I loved both these books, especially...
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