The Story of My Novel So Far

I started writing a novel in January 2008.  I had a germ of an idea and a burning feeling that if I didn’t start writing a novel Right This Minute, I would never do it and would one day die old and bitter and angry with myself. I spent all of January writing, and at [...]

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Living with Books

In the New Yorker, Susan Orlean admits to being a book snoop. When she’s on holiday in rental houses, she tries to figure out who the owners are by their books: I always start with the bookshelves, which makes me worry about my future vacations, when all reading material will have migrated to an electronic [...]

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@charlwrites

I’m on Twitter! I’m not finding it hugely exciting yet, but thanks to Nicola Morgan’s two fabulous posts about Twitter, I’ve found some cool people to follow. Now I want to follow you, so if you haven’t sent me your Twitter handle yet, please do. In other news, I’m reading Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took [...]

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OK, So, Twitter

I always knew that the Twitter moment would arrive, but, judging by my blogging/Facebook/online Scrabble addictions, I always thought it would be healthy to postpone it for as long as possible. Do I really need to have a Tweetdeck to obsess over? A whole lot of really interesting people to follow? It seems the moment [...]

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The Tapestry of Love, Review and Author Interview

Two posts ago, I noted my summer wish list. Ask and ye shall receive, friends. Germany’s Top Husband came home with a copy of The Slap and Rosy Thornton pinged me and offered me a review copy of The Tapestry of Love (TTOL), an offer which I did not refuse. A couple of days later, [...]

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