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Beverley Jones
Hi Elaine. If you find a great solution to this problem, let me know! As a keen reader as well as a writer I've found it works well to join a group in a genre you like, that way you will see what the members are reading and reviewing and pick up good hints and recommendations. Most groups also have a thread for authors to plug their new books and post giveaways. Eg I'm a member of the group Psychological Thrillers and I'm now reading Night film by Marissa Pessl on the back of a personal recommendation. You'll find loads of groups on the home page. Enjoy :)
Beverley Jones
Hiya Keith,
My first favourite, after Enid Blyton of course, was Stephen King when I was 14! Scared me fairly silly but what great storytelling. As I got older I developed a penchant for crime with PD James and Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine at the top of my addiction - I liked the 'psychological' aspects of 'ordinary' people making little decisions leading to terrible consequences - Barbara Vine's 'Fatal Inversion' was a revelation at 16 and at 18, like many people Donna Tartt's Secret History blew me away with it's truly horrible protagonists.
I think I have brought elements of these to my own writing (what, who said anything about stealing??;) ). Now I love Margaret Atwood, Kate Atkinson and have developed a taste for Gillian Flynn. Though I don't write sci-fi I love to read it and my guilty pleasures are Ray Bradbury and Philip K Dick.
Who are your faves, Keith?
My first favourite, after Enid Blyton of course, was Stephen King when I was 14! Scared me fairly silly but what great storytelling. As I got older I developed a penchant for crime with PD James and Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine at the top of my addiction - I liked the 'psychological' aspects of 'ordinary' people making little decisions leading to terrible consequences - Barbara Vine's 'Fatal Inversion' was a revelation at 16 and at 18, like many people Donna Tartt's Secret History blew me away with it's truly horrible protagonists.
I think I have brought elements of these to my own writing (what, who said anything about stealing??;) ). Now I love Margaret Atwood, Kate Atkinson and have developed a taste for Gillian Flynn. Though I don't write sci-fi I love to read it and my guilty pleasures are Ray Bradbury and Philip K Dick.
Who are your faves, Keith?
Beverley Jones
I'm lucky enough, so far, not to suffer from writer's block! I think my problem is the reverse - lots of ideas and characters swirling around and pinging back and forth in my brain and I have to discipline myself to what serves a particular story best, not just what fascinates me or I think is a great scene.
Beverley Jones
I think they appreciate a darker type of literature in these countries, something where the characters are not as clear cut and there isn't always a clear cut, cathartic ending - they can live with ambivalence! Also, I suppose the setting is somewhere new and different for them, more quirky.
Beverley Jones
Hello Thomas! If you really want to know I make notes with a nice black biro, nothing fancy :) And I favour a nice bit of toast with marmite when I get writer munchies, but I have to keep the crumbs out of the keyboard.
Thanks for being the first person to ask me a question!
Thanks for being the first person to ask me a question!
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Sep 06, 2014 04:22PM · flag