Based on the true story of a hijacking, this YA novel describes the reactions of a fifteen year old girl travelling on her own when her flight is boarded by Palestinian guerrillas.
The book is a nice easy read for young adults. In fact, it was a set text for my eldest child at 11, which...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Saturday, 17 March 2018
Re-reading treasured favourites
We've all been there. Reading the same material over and over to obsessed children. And it's always the book that bores, us, or has rubbish illustrations, or in some way drives you up the wall. When they are young, we tolerate it but as they age there seems to be a collective disgust at children...
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Pinterest for Writers
I thought I would post some of my favourite writing tools here. One of my top 10 is Pinterest. For the uninitiated, it's basically an online cork board where you can pin images and articles that take your fancy. You can choose if you want to share your boards with others, a select few, or keep...
Flooded Cities and Future Worlds
Climate change is redrawing the map of the world. When UN climate change experts met up at the end of last year, it was to discuss a new three-degree future in which rising sea-levels will wipe numerous cities from existence. So today's writing inspiration is of the flooded city variety, courtesy of...
Monday, 12 March 2018
Glamorous Decay as a Lifestyle
Interesting read for writer types: The fantasy of the writer's lifestyle
I do love the whole glamorous decay trope when it comes to writing, both on and off the page. Sadly, I know of no one whose writer's lifestyle in anyway matches up with an Anthropologie catalogue. Maybe I need to remind myself...