Oh dear, I think I rather tried to overdo it this month…Not only is April the month of two important birthdays in our household, it is also the month of The London Book Fair, so when you honestly think about it, trying to also blog every day was a little bit overambitious. Welcome to my world!So I'm … [Read more...]
A-Z Challenge: K is for Karelia
My theme: writing and the business of writing"Karelia: a region of NE Europe, formerly Finland but annexed in several stages by the former Soviet Union."Picture from ParadoxIn Finnish history, Karelia is a contentious issue. It's not mentioned in the above quote, (from Collins dictionary 2003) … [Read more...]
A-Z Blogging Challenge: G if for Genre
My theme: Writing and the Business of WritingBefore I started taking my writing seriously, I was almost allergic to the word genre. For one it just seemed so pretentious somehow; it was a word used by Melvyn Bragg on the South Bank Show, not a word an ordinary person who loves books would ever … [Read more...]
