“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Many people will recognise this as the first line of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice and to modern eyes it sounds a very old-fashioned idea. Which is not surprising, it was written over twoContinue reading “REVEALED! WAS JANE AUSTEN WAS RIGHT ABOUT LOVE ALL ALONG?”
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BRILLIANT BOOKS IN BARCELONA
The fantastic old typewriter above is from the Hibernian Books bookshop. Hibernian Books (https://www.hibernianbooks.com) is a new and second-hand English language bookshop in Barcelona that I visited just before Christmas last year when my partner and son. I always look for a bookshop when I go anywhere, and it was lovely to visit this one!Continue reading “BRILLIANT BOOKS IN BARCELONA”
Movable Type and Editing
For every writer there is a wonderful moment you look forward to. It is when you finally finish your first novel. The delight of writing ‘The End’ and knowing that it’s done! The joy! The chance now to send it to friends to read and to publishers to publish! All that will immediately happen. Sadly,Continue reading “Movable Type and Editing”
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