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Monthly Archives: April 2013
F Scott Fitzgerald
Regular readers will know that I’ve always had a very high regard for the writer Scott Fitzgerald, and in particularly his novel The Great Gatsby. For me, Fitzgerald is the greatest ‘literary’ writer I’ve ever read, the greatest craftsman of … Continue reading
Origin of Words & Phrases
I was watching a quiz show recently where as an aside they discussed the origin and meaning of a well-known phrase. In Anglo-Saxon England, also know as ye Dark Ages… …a tax was levied called ‘Scot and Lot’ – the … Continue reading
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Dialogue
Dialogue seems to be one of the biggest problem areas for newer writers – not just making it seem realistic and using it to bring characters to life rather than having to tell the reader everything about them, but also … Continue reading
Origins of Words and Phrases
Backlog My subtle hint above may have given away the fact that the word comes from a larger log that was put at the back of the fire to help keep it going while … Continue reading
Signed & Sealed
I’ve been desperately trying to interest a publisher in the biography of a naval figure contemporary with Nelson. He was very successful and famous in his day, and being local to my neck of the woods his name lives on … Continue reading
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Pamela Hartshorne Interview
As promised, Rambles of a Writer presents an exclusive interview with the author of Time’s Echo. It’s published by Pan MacMillan and has 4.5 stars out of 5 from over a hundred reviewers! It’s a timeslip story about a contemporary … Continue reading
