Original Sin
This is who Satan and Simon Cowell turn to for love and advice. Don’t let the ‘almost smiling’ expression fool you. Chris Scott: Author Portraits – David Bishop Continue reading Original Sin
Month: April 2011
Self-esteem Upgrade
While I appreciate I walk among those who do not need external validation, I have to confess receiving praise and encouragement from Sam Kelly and David Bishop has resulted in a little cloud under my feet and smile plastered across my face which can be seen from space. Deep space. Also I have a strange warm feeling in my stomach that has nothing to do with after dinner drinks. I am ignoring the part where they slam-dunked my self-reflective essay and final polish skills. That never happened y’hear? Continue reading Self-esteem Upgrade
Samuel Johnson Prize
Massive congratulations to Stuart Kelly whose fabulous ‘Scott-land‘ has been selected for the longlist. Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 Continue reading Samuel Johnson Prize
Hive Mentality
Perhaps a good thing for once? I am very interested in the changes taking place within the publishing industry. Hugh Andrew mentioned Gardners when he was in talking to our Creative Non-Fiction class. Gardners Hive article from book2book Gardners Hive article from theBookseller.com Continue reading Hive Mentality
Victorian Booktitles
My research for my last creative non-fiction assignment, which I am developing to major project, has included the following fruity titles: The Diakka and Their Earthly Victims; Being an Explanation of Much That is False and Repulsive in Spiritualism by Andrew Jackson Davis The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: Being the True Story of The Fox Sisters as Revealed by Authority of Margaret Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jenken by Rueben Briggs Davenport Memoranda of Persons, Places and Events; Embracing Authentic Facts, Visions, Impressions, Discoveries, in Magnetism, Clairvoyance, Spiritualism. Also Quotations from the Opposition by Andrew Jackson Davis Continue reading Victorian Booktitles
Writing the Long Way Around 