… just about to start The Broken World by Tim Etchells properly; very interested to start Nicola Barker’s Behindlings; got to read John Burnside’s A Lie about My Father and am very conscious that I need to do some consolidation reading from my Theory and Innovation classes. I will post an entry about yesterdays class later. Continue reading Currently Reading…
As part of our course we have one to one mentoring with either David or Sam. This is another difference from other creative writing courses and after only one session I can see the value of such a provision. We are even allowed to send up to 5,000 words at a time prior to a session if we want more robust and in-depth editing/mentoring. Obviously at this early stage there is not much for me to say about my mentoring, however I can tell you that Sam’s office on the ground floor is lovely and bright with two big windows, … Continue reading Mentoring and Nurturing
This book was recommended to us by David Miller, literary agent and director of Rogers, Coleridge & White. Indeed Mr Miller prepared a list of writers and books he thought ‘might be useful…either because it is a personal favourite, or because I believe it might be useful to you in your creative reading’. Books, books and more books! Wade and wallow, wade and wallow. There is a kingly heap of suggestions but the main highlighted entries are: Barker, Nicola – Darkmans, Fourth Estate 2007 Coetzee, J.M – Diary of a Bad Year, Harvill Secker, 2007 Eco, Umberto – Reflections on … Continue reading The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Yesterdays life writing class exercise was unsettling to say the least. We are still looking at memoirs, autobiographies et al, and I was quite intrigued when David Bishop produced a sheet of ‘fringed’ paper. You know these home made adverts that have tear off phone number strips at the bottom? Well like that. He then proceeded to go round the room and hand us one each. This is what mine said: Christina S 5.7.88 ‘I owe you nothing’ by Bros Yep turns out Bros were number 1 on my 18th birthday! I cannot describe just how immediately I was transported … Continue reading 18 ’til I die? Do me a favour Bryan!!!
I keep meaning to do this – great idea. BookCrossing Continue reading Release and Capture – Wild Books
Writing the Long Way Around 