Showing posts with label Ernest Hemingway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernest Hemingway. Show all posts
Friday, 10 October 2025

Shakespeare and Company: Why Paris’s most famous bookshop still feels like a pilgrimage

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A century after it first opened, Shakespeare and Company remains more than a bookshop; it’s a living testament to the power of words, memory...
Thursday, 21 August 2025

The quiet power of slow books

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Some novels refuse to be hurried. They ask for patience, not because they’re difficult, but because they move differently. You don’t tear th...
Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Why Hemingway still matters

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This year will be sixty-three years since Ernest Hemingway took his own life. He was 61 and a towering presence in literature. His life was ...
Sunday, 9 March 2025

Crafting the perfect opening lines of a novel

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Do you need a killer opening line for your novel? Or is there an alternative way to draw readers in right from the start?  I'm slightly ...
Thursday, 6 March 2025

A guide to reading Joan Didion

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I’m a big fan of Joan Didion. I’ve read most of her published works, with her novel Play It As It Lays, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and The...
Wednesday, 26 February 2025

How to write a novel when you have no time

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One of the biggest challenges for most writers is finding the time. In my 20s and early 30s, I could sit for hours and devote entire weekend...
Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Dialogue that does double duty: How to advance plot and reveal character

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Dialogue isn’t just there to make characters sound like they’re speaking. It’s one of the most powerful tools in a novelist’s kit. The righ...
Monday, 27 January 2025

Writing your novel: How to find your unique style

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Every novelist has a unique fingerprint, a way of telling stories that sets them apart. This is your writing style, your voice.  It's wh...
Wednesday, 25 September 2024

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I've always loved this Ernest Hemingway, quote from On Writing : "My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the ...