- Oct 6, 2014
book round up: quicky reviews on what I've been reading
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve felt the need to procrastinate as much as possible and so have spent the time reading. I’ve finished Camilla Lackberg’s the ice princess and Colin Taber’s The Landing, and have started Tristes Tropiques by Claude Levi-Strauss, Van Gogh The life by Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith. Tristes Tropique is a memoir in which the late Levi-Strauss, a structural anthropologist, shares with us his disdain for travel writers of the time (mid- 20th c
- Jul 14, 2014
Having too much fun on Pinterest
I use my Pinterest account to collect imagery for writing, recipes, art, and assorted other interests. I have several boards dedicated to my published novel and manuscripts. In these I deposit images that I will use to visualise my stories; collecting photos of places and time periods I just cannot get to that will help give strengthen my settings and define characters. I also have a few arty type boards. Paintings & Drawings holds my growing collection of Van Gogh works (plu
