A big thank you to all the writers and storytellers who allow us to live different lives in different places, and introduce us to characters who often feel like friends. If only for a short time, we can escape from this world and live in another…
Tag: Books
Each Book is a Gift a Writer Made for Strangers
Some books are parties to which you are invited, full of friends who are there even when you have no friends.
Flambards by K.M Peyton
Flambards taught me, like no other books I read in my childhood, that people and relationships are complicated things…
Mine, All Mine (…for the day)
In which Jo gets to look after a bookshop for a whole blinking day!
The Stuff of Nightmares!
What’s the first nightmare you ever remember having? The first time you woke in a cold sweat, pulling your covers up to your nose and staring around your dark bedroom, completely terrified? This was mine…
Odd Writers #4 : Robert Shields & His Enormous Diary
Diaries are supposed to be full of secrets and intrigue. Rev. Robert Shields’ diary was absolutely not one of those diaries.
The Curtain Twitcher’s Handbook: Tip #1
A short guide to the art of curtain-twitching.
INSPIRATION: Lottie’s Minefield
Eadweard Muybridge (he changed his name several times to come up with that) not only killed his wife’s lover, but … More