There is something satisfying in discovering how mediocre literary sex is, reflecting the level of mediocrity of real-world sex – according to The Guardian. The piece includes classic lines like “I might get frostbite on my cock.” The reason I mention the awards is that I am very aware of how hard are sex scenes …
Research just out shows that people believe science fiction comprise a bunch of dumbed down stories, according to The Guardian. Academics have taken the same narrative and presented it in literary and genre forms to test subjects to see how they respond to the same story in a different context. When people read about airlocks …
Lovely article on the importance – and limitations – of following punctuation rules from The Guardian. One of the areas I’ve been battling with has been the fact I was born and live in the UK but write with an American audience in mind. I am steeped in the tradition of UK English and have …
Another piece on words, but I feel no sense of shame about that. This time neologisms: new words as announced by a dictionary compiler and reported by The Guardian. Thanks to a certain US political figure (he’s the politician for whom I dare not speak his name) the phrase at the top of the list …
The complete and utter excitement event of the year has been and gone with the Man Booker Prize. And even though it is British competition, another American has won it – again. With the change in rules a couple of years ago, eligibility was expanded to include those not born in the UK. Put another …
Wonderful recent story covering the perils of talking about literature. This time we have an author saying genre literature is rubbish with two problems. First, the utterer is a genre writer and so she’s urinated on her own chips and second, she received a barrage of invective from genre writers noting their work wasn’t all …
Thought I’d give a quick update on what’s been going on with The Heist. Sales have kicked off well since its launch in September and the book has been downloaded over 1000 times. So an enormous than you to everyone who has been kind enough to show any interest in my work, quite frankly. And …
Wonderful piece of advice available from The Guardian – this time about the ordinary art of writing. The writer walks us through various tips and techniques for using writing in ordinary circumstances – like producing a letter of complaint. As a writer naturally I’m interested in any article along those lines. I came for the …
Another fine article reminding us all that language has rules and we should follow them. This time, the alert is offered up by The Guardian. The first thing to say is that there is an irony for the broadsheet, whose nickname has been The Grauniad due to its propensity for typographic errors, to be dispensing …
The thought has flashed through my mind on more than one occasion as to whether George Smiley or James Bond were better approximations of real-life in the British Secret Service. And it turns out, I wasn’t alone. Given that Smiley is a downbeat, process-driven pinhead, the conclusion is hardly stunning but the novel version of …
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