Tag: writing
Bad Girl Pie by Marilyn Horowitz
Bad Girl Pie is a dark comedy set in New York City. Dorothy Sherlock, a prolific ghostwriter, shares her running commentary on the absurdity of the human condition as she navigates her future. Until now, she’s spent her life crafting other people’s success stories and mourning a failed romance. After a near-fatal encounter with her abusive father and his sudden death, Dorothy resolves to write … Read More Bad Girl Pie by Marilyn Horowitz
Aristotle for Novelists: 14 Timeless Principles on the Art of Story by Douglas Vigliotti
For over 2000 years, dramatic writers have relied on Aristotelian principles to write their stories for the screen and stage. But now for the first time ever, these same timeless principles from Aristotle’s esteemed Poetics have been adapted for novelists. With succinct clarity, novelist Douglas Vigliotti shows you exactly how to write a novel using tried-and-true principles that have been used since antiquity to … Read More Aristotle for Novelists: 14 Timeless Principles on the Art of Story by Douglas Vigliotti
Story and Structure by Leon Conrad
Story and Structure – A Complete Guide – also by author, Leon Conrad. Story and Structure tells the untold story of how story works. Using just six primary symbols, author Leon Conrad outlines eighteen story structures and shows how they all optimally solve the problems which give rise to them. The book also demonstrates the much wider application of story, presenting new insights into … Read More Story and Structure by Leon Conrad
+ history, literature, review, writer, writing
The Writer’s Guide to Obscurity by John Steinberg
Norman was born to write, but doesn’t know his destiny is written in his DNA, inherited from generations of earlier Normans who yearned to put pen to paper – once those items had been invented! Yet with nothing to show for all his literary endeavours and struggling to pay the rent, he tells himself there must be easier ways of making a living. It’s … Read More The Writer’s Guide to Obscurity by John Steinberg
+ dystopia, female friendship, fiction, friendship, grief, loss, love, reading, review, writer
End Of Story by Louise Swanson
Too much imagination can be a dangerous thing. It has been five years since writing fiction was banned by the government. Fern Dostoy is a criminal. Officially, she has retrained in a new job outside of the arts but she still scrawls in a secret notepad in an effort to capture what her life has become: her work on a banned phone line, reading … Read More End Of Story by Louise Swanson
+ dark humour, fiction, friends, friendship, grief, literature, obsession, relationships, review, secrets, therapy, writing
Suicide Thursday by Will Carver
If words could kill…Eli Hagin can’t finish anything. He hates his job, but can’t seem to quit. He doesn’t want to be with his girlfriend, but doesn’t know how to end things with her, either. Eli wants to write a novel, but he’s never taken a story beyond the first chapter. #SuicideThursday @Will_Carver @OrendaBooks#RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour #CarverCult Eli also has trouble separating reality from fiction. When his … Read More Suicide Thursday by Will Carver
+ anthology, dark humour, fantasy, fiction, short stories, short story, story within a story, supernatural, writing
An Irrational Fear of Dogs by Veronika Jordan
Extracts from An Irrational Fear of Dogs by Veronika Jordan @cookiebiscuit #shortstories Double Bill (Extract) Goodbye Sarah. I bet you thought we would be friends forever. How wrong you were. The two of us were going to stand here and watch as Bill’s coffin was lowered into the ground. We pictured ourselves distraught, crying on each other’s shoulders, coming together in our shared grief, … Read More An Irrational Fear of Dogs by Veronika Jordan
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The 24-Hour Cafe by Libby Page
Welcome to the café that never sleeps. Day and night Stella’s Café opens its doors for the lonely and the lost, the morning people and the night owls. It is many things to many people but most of all it is a place where life can wait at the door. A place of small kindnesses. A place where anyone can be whoever they want, … Read More The 24-Hour Cafe by Libby Page
Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman
In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first. For fatefully observant Adeline, growing up carries an ominous warning from her adulterous mother: don’t say a word. Adeline vows to never speak again. But that’s not her only secret. After her mother takes a … Read More Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman
The Foundling by Stacey Halls
I loved this book more than I can say. If I could give it 10 stars I would. I was so engrossed in the story and couldn’t wait for the next stave to be delivered (I was reading through Pigeonhole). At one point I wanted to buy the book so I could read to the end only to discover it had not yet been … Read More The Foundling by Stacey Halls
The Dilemma by BA Paris
I can’t believe I’m only giving this three stars as it’s so well written, heart-breaking and sad. It’s a tale of family love, separation, sorrow, misunderstanding and tragedy. That should make a wonderful read, shouldn’t it? But something is missing. Once we discover the two threads that form the basis of the story it just dragged and dragged till in the end I just … Read More The Dilemma by BA Paris
The Mother I Could Have Been by Kerry Fisher
I wish to thank NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book. This isn’t my usual genre but I thought I would give it a go. To start with I didn’t like Vicky at all. She is so hard done by and finds it easier to walk away than actually have a conversation with the people in her life she … Read More The Mother I Could Have Been by Kerry Fisher
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