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Hilary Mantel

jo_blogs Sep 04, 2021 15:18

I'm thinking about reviving this journal as a tentative step towards getting back to writing about my day to day life.

I was on Twitter today for work (not in a personal capacity) and came across the following extract from an interview with Hilary Mantel. I thought it was worth sharing. If anyone reads this and is moved to respond, all points of ( Read more... )

Alice Munro

jo_blogs Oct 17, 2017 17:37

I got hold of a book just for this essay by Alice Munro and it turned out that roughly 50% of it was underlined in blue biro. Not a pleasant reading experience, so I decided to make my own copy. Sharing in case it's of interest/use to people.

The book is "Making It New: Contemporary Canadian Stories" edited by John Metcalf and featuring (in ( Read more... )

creative writing, alice munro, essays, fiction

Ticking Over

jo_blogs Sep 19, 2016 13:15

Summer is finally starting to feel like it's finished. Hottest on record worldwide since records began 137 years ago. Too much for me ( Read more... )

relationships, home, personal, life, work, violence in tv and movies, stuff

Allow me...

jo_blogs Aug 03, 2016 10:33

"I would have liked if this had been centred more in Hogwarts. If it had just been about Albus and Scorpius trying to make their way in school, having problems with other students, learning a bit of magic, maybe finding something weird and dark and threatening that wasn’t actually to do with Voldemort in the school. That’s the kind of sequel I ( Read more... )

Friday, 24th June 2016

jo_blogs Jun 24, 2016 12:35

This is the best thing I've found today that sums up how I feel about the EU campaign and result, so archiving it here for future reference. From an Australian journalist, because everything I read in the British press is infused with too much emotion for my stomach, especially today: Whipping Up Fear To Sway the Brexit VoteAs for me, I managed to ( Read more... )

mini update

jo_blogs May 05, 2016 19:19

I haven't updated lately because life has been crazy but I had a bit of good news this week.

I won a free place on a 9 week online writing course [x]. I had to submit a first line of a story I wanted to write. The rules allowed multiple entries, so I put in 4. Here they are (feeling very happy right now to have this group of awesome writers/lovely ( Read more... )