by AuthorSue | Jan 15, 2022 | Uncategorised
The difficult year of 2021 kept up its angry stance until the bitter end, so I am two months late with my annual reading list. Mea culpa! But better late than never, and careful readers of this decade-long tradition may note that this year’s list is quite...
by AuthorSue | Mar 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
There is an old adage that says you should write what you know. And I agree – as long as you take the idea of ‘what you know’ very broadly. For example, there are many writers who have written novels about places they have only been to briefly or not...
by AuthorSue | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
I love year-end lists. I read them even if I’m not interested in the subject, just for the wonder of it, like The Year in Potatoes, or Messiest Celebrity Break-Ups of 2019. So I look forward to my annual list of what I read each year. I hope you’ll find it...
by AuthorSue | Jun 26, 2018 | art, Creativity, novels, Uncategorised, Writing
I am lucky enough to live on an island that attracts artists – poets, novelists, painters, sculptors, glass blowers, potters, you name it. A big event here, especially in the summer, is an exhibit opening. Cars line the streets and crowd onto lawns, then hordes...
by AuthorSue | Jun 10, 2018 | novels, poetry, reading, Uncategorised, Writing
I find myself in the weird position of having finished reading my latest book, and also being at the bottom of my ‘To Be Read’ pile. What to do? There are so many new(ish) books I could move on to, of course. But it dawned on me that maybe this is a good...
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