‘It may be I fancy I have seen more of the ways of this world’s Maker than you – for I have sought his laws, in my way, all my life, while you, I understand, have been collecting butterflies.’ Warning: Spoilers Considering I’m quite a fan of science-fiction (and attempting to be a science-fiction writer for NaNoWriMo!), the fact that… Read more »
As we’re now a week into NaNoWriMo 2014 I thought I would give a quick update on how I’m getting on. Surprisingly, I haven’t yet fallen behind! I managed to do slightly over the 1667 word daily target every day up until Day 6 (Thursday), where I had a bit of a slip and only managed 500! However, I managed… Read more »
My Mum always tells me about how as a baby I would sit for ages with my little books and hold them really close to my face and jabber away like I was actually reading them (the close to my face thing turned out to be long-sightedness – I have worn glasses since I was 3!). Even before I could… Read more »
Yesterday, on what was admittedly a bit of a whim, I signed up for National Novel Writing Month (often known as NaNoWriMo). As most people in the writing world will know, NaNoWriMo happens every November, and is a challenge in which writers try and write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That averages out at around 1667 words a… Read more »
Warning: Spoilers. As a general rule, I’m pretty sceptical about book to film adaptations: from previous experience, I very rarely like the film as much, and don’t think I’ve ever actually preferred a film. For that reason, I was a little dubious about watching the film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars, as I absolutely adore John Green’s novel!… Read more »
Now, I know they say not to judge a book by its cover, but if you had the choice between the edition of Jane Eyre on the left, or the one on the right, which would you pick? Personally, I’d pick the one of the right! The other day in Waterstones, my eye was caught by a table of some… Read more »
‘A gentleman asked me, if this is what Cromwell does to the cardinal’s lesser enemies, what will he do by and by to the king himself?’ Warning: Spoilers (although if you know anything about Tudor history, you will already know the ending anyway!). A little while ago I reviewed Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall, and loved it… Read more »
I was recently nominated for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award by Tika from Fangirl Confessions and Noelia from A Day in Bookland, so thank you so much to both of you! Here are the rules: 1. Thank the blogger that nominated you, and link back to their site. 2. Post the award’s logo onto your blog. 3. Answer… Read more »
Very few writers/bloggers/authors are lucky enough to be able to write full time: many have day jobs, or have kids, or other responsibilities, and have to simply fit their writing in when they can. I, for example, have recently quit my second part time job and have gone full time at my first, meaning I have considerably less time to devote… Read more »
Just a quick post today! For anyone who missed it yesterday, I guest posted over at Oh, the Books! about the pros and cons of ebooks, so if you’re interested, you can check it out here: Ebook vs Book. A massive thank you to Asti, Kelley and Leanne for letting me guest post on their blog!
I’m Laura, a 25 year old, bright-haired bookworm, book blogger and writer from the North West UK.
