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Tag Archives: novelists
Very, very bad reviews
I am a staunch adherent to the notion that all art and literature is subjective. The works that I enjoy, you might hate and vice versa. So, I am generally hesitant to comment negatively or post bad reviews. However, I … Continue reading
Meaning is a shaky edifice
Salman Rushdie // “But human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses, capable only of fractured perceptions. Partial beings, in all the senses of that phrase. Meaning is a shaky edifice we … Continue reading
Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
I recently stumbled upon an interesting take on the “rules for writers” list from the great British author Zadie Smith. Her list offers an excellent balance of the practical, the philosophical, and the emotional. When still a child, make sure … Continue reading
A Borrowing of Librarians
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Writing
Tagged critics, editors, librarians, novelists
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Live Your Way Into The Answer
Rainer Maria Rilke // “Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them…the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, USA, Writing
Tagged Kurt Vonnegut, novelists, Poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, Toni Morrison
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The Brits are so over Jane Austen too
I was somewhat surprised to recently read that a letter writing campaign and a steady barrage of public criticism ended plans for a statue of formerly beloved author Jane Austen. It seems that Winchester Cathedral commissioned sculptor Martin Jennings to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged England, Hampshire, Jane Austen, novelists, Winchester
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Do you believe in collaborative creation
Inspired by the popular National Novel Writing Month project — which has aspiring writers around the word producing a 50,000 word manuscript in the month of November — Boook.Land is one of the most engaging and original digital writing schemes in a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Tech, Writing
Tagged National Novel Writing Month, novelists
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Travel Between The Pages 