by Valerie | Dec 19, 2013 | book reviews, reading groups, travel, writing a novel
We have two markets in Beverley, and for weekends now we’ve had festivals – of food, of Christmas trees in the Minster and whatever else I missed. It’s difficult to settle down to writing as I’m so behind with cards, greetings not to mention emails, belaboured by... by Valerie | Dec 14, 2013 | book reviews, reading groups, travel, writing a novel
I’ve ‘lost my head’ in London and not written my blog! In fact, I’ve just returned from a Christmas drinks party where there was talk of Colm Toibin’s novel Brooklyn and the original way it ends. I suspect it might be like a play by Paul Claudel, L’Annonce faite à... by Valerie | Dec 8, 2013 | book reviews, reading groups, travel, writing a novel
Was it the French poet Claudel (whose sister was Rodin’s mistress for a time and herself a no mean sculptor) who wrote this unforgettable phrase for a writer? ‘La blancheur du papier qui se défend.’ This morning I didn’t face the forbidding whiteness of a page, too... by Valerie | Dec 7, 2013 | book reviews, reading groups, writing a novel
The gales started up while I was sorting out the first draft of a novel I had written some time ago. I was settling into my writing chair by the window that overlooks the Minster and watching the pale yellow leaves of the silver beech were dancing around the tree and...
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