Tart thoughts on the nature of fiction - and some sweet ones, too
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Too Old or Too Young?
Zoe Williams has a witty crack on the Guardian books blog at both the cult of youth and the supremacy of memoir over fiction in present-day publishing.
'An analytical, and sometimes funny, take on the world of fiction reading, writing and publishing' - The Cerebral Mum 'Other than the fact that the lady writes well, with insight, empathy and personality, that she speaks her mind and shies not from confrontation when such is necessary and constructive ... there is really no reason for me to visit her blog' - Alan Kellogg
'Pretty great all the time' - Scott Pack
STORIES
What if you made a different choice, or had a different life?
'The stories in Used to Be are the work of a dazzling writer' - Nuala O'Connor
'One of the finest short story writers in the country' - Neil Campbell
Short stories 'Quite swept me off my feet... Nothing would have induced me to interrupt Balancing on the Edge of the World by Elizabeth Baines until I'd read them all' - Dovegreyreader
'A disturbing and thought-provoking meditation on power, control and the uncertain language of logic' - Carys Bray. For more see my website and the Salt website with PDF sample.
VIDEO CLIP: reading of extract from The Birth Machine
1 comment:
Yes, I remember how we all laughed when Kenneth Brannagh wrote 'Beginnings' at 28. He was an old timer by today's standards.
Daniel Radcliffe obviously doesn't need the money, but might give in to temptation if the alternative is some hack's 'unofficial' paste-up job.
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