Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: writing

  • The Pigeon Tunnel

    In 2021 I completed the Faber & Faber Writing a Novel course, which came with a long reading list. I’m nowhere near having read everything on that list but it…

  • Writing from the Inside Out

    Book number two from the writing course reading list is Writing from the Inside Out by Dennis Palumbo. A good quarter of the books on the reading list are books…

  • Make Me

    Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a fan of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books. They’re a comfort read. I know what I’m getting and I know I’m…

  • Money

    A little while ago I decided I didn’t want to write any more reviews of books I didn’t enjoy. There are two reasons for this. First, I don’t like doing…

  • 7 Secrets of the Prolific

    The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The definitive guide to overcoming procrastination, perfectionism, and writer’s block by Hillary Rettig is one of the most useful books I’ve ever read. I…

  • Dune

    I’m supposed to like this, right? It’s a classic. And I remember I liked the film a lot when I was younger. Maybe that was just because Sting was in…

  • MicroRebellions

    I have a new blogging project – MicroRebellions. It was inspired by the confluence of two things: 1. A quote from Albert Camus “The only way to deal with an…

  • I meet the criteria, why aren’t I famous yet?

    Maybe I should finish something?

  • Not 50 Shades of Grey

    So, loads of people are reading this book which is apparently pornographic fanfic of Twilight. Seeing as Twilight was offensive enough, but not IMHO that badly written, I didn’t want…

  • What I’ve been writing while I haven’t been here

    Book reviews are a bit behind. I have got a couple to do and I’ve nearly finished War and Peace. But the real reason I haven’t been posting here as…

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