Tag: Novels

  • Who are you writing for?

    A meme popped into my Twitter feed the other day: A good writer always thinks about their reader. At first glance that looks like sage wisdom that’s hard to argue with, but my hackles immediately rose. Always? No, I really don’t think so. Maybe at the editing/polishing stage, but at the writing stage I think…

  • It’s all a matter of taste…

    The thing that fascinates me most (maybe – books are endlessly fascinating) is the question of taste. I’ve lost count of the number of award-winning, rave-reviewed books that I’ve thrown across the room. Whatever the award judges found in the book eluded me entirely. Meanwhile, books that I love and praise to the skies and…