I can't believe that we're at the end of February already! Reading time is always an issue, but here are the February offerings: **** "The Big Book of Rouges and Villains", edited by Otto Penzler *** "Travel Stories and Highlights: 2017 Edition", edited by Robert Fear ***1/2 "Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation" by Ammon Shea …
Panic editing, pitching and other messy processes.
I am bang, smack in the middle of rewriting (and I mean rewriting) my cosy mystery story. I received some exceedingly valuable feedback from an agent about this piece, and what it needs to reach a marketable point. Scary advice - but once I stopped sulking, and really looked it, I realised that she was …
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January Book Review Round Up
Choosing the January books is always a dilemma (a good one). Which of the Christmas presents do I read first? Should I look at some of the books in the pile? What about that new e-book? Time is always an issue, but here are the January offerings: **** Â "The Diary of a Bookseller" by Shaun …
2017 Book Review List by Genre
Rating Scale: *****  Fantastic! You've gotta read this one! ****  Great. Well worth a look ***  OK. You may enjoy it. **   Not so great. Either dull, badly written, or just plain awful. Not recommended *   Unspeakably bad. Couldn't finish it FICTION: Chick Lit (inc. Romance) **** ½ "The Starlight Tide" by …
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