The prompt for this particular article was conversation with a colleague in a restaurant in Lyon. She asked about my son, now eighteen years of age, who is in the process of interviews and selections for university. He has been accepted by four universities thus far, three of them...
In mid-November, 1959, Truman Capote, renowned author of ‘Other Voices, Other Rooms’ and ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ was struck by a newspaper article that appeared in the New York Times. Little more than a brief squib, it outlined the brutal shotgun-slaying of a farmer, his wife, and their two children....
I am often asked whether or not I write an outline or a synopsis for the novels I write. To date, the answer has always been, ‘No, no outline, no synopsis’, and I think that will always be the answer. Writing a novel – for me – seems to...
Here I find a friend who does not judge. Here I find a friend who regales and entertains, who educates, edifies, enlightens, amuses, horrifies, challenges, disturbs, comforts, consoles, identifies, relates and reasons. Here I find a friend who is there when I want them, also when I need them,...
Hi, my name is M. W. Craven, although please feel to call me Mike (it’s my name, I’m not that weird), and I’m the author of Black Summer, published over here as Zwarte Zomer, the second book in the award-winning (the 2019 CWA Gold dagger, just in case you...
Here are some interesting industry statistics. I know these figures are a good few years old, but they still tell a fascinating story. 1. Of the 200,000 books published worldwide each year only 2% become bestsellers. 2. 84% of the bestsellers are published by the 5 largest New York...
Begin 2014 ontstond het idee om een online leesclub te starten. Samen met een aantal veellezers waren we toen al goed voor vele gelezen boeken en recensies en het was tijd om iets van onszelf op te gaan zetten. Door uitgevers en auteurs werd enthousiast gereageerd op onze… lees meer.
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