Writers

In his book, Beckett Before Godot , John Pilling notes: PJ Murphy has been one of the very few Beckett critics to see that Mercier et Camier suffers from what the Denis Devlin review calls 'the need that in its haste to be abolished cannot pause to be stated'. For a book so full of statement, indeed, Mercier et Camier seems oddly insubstantial, as if the 'haste to be abolished' had been more important than 'the predicament of particular human identity.' [1] The English version certainly has a...Read Full Story

Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together... TS Eliot , The Waste Land I have no idea what the IQs of these gentlemen are but I don’t think the same criterion applies when you’re talking about writers, composers, comedians and artists. Few would dispute that Beethoven was a musical genius, that Picasso was an artistic genius, that Shakespeare was a literary genius and that Peter Sellers was a comedic genius but does that mean that every note...Read Full Story

Killing Fear by Allison Brennan is a finalist in Romance Writers of America RITA(r) contest for Best Romantic Suspense. 2009 RITA Finalists for Romantic Suspense The 2009 RITA honors romance fiction published in 2008. More than 1,000 novels and novellas were judged in 12 categories. The 2009 Golden Heart Award honors unpublished romance manuscripts in 2008. Winners of the awards will be announced July 18th at the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony to be held at RWA’s 29th Annual National...Read Full Story

On Writers & Writing 2012 Softcover Engagement Calendar On Writers and Writing 2012 Softcover Engagement Calendar On Writers & Writing 2012 Engagement Calendar: The  On Writer's and Writing Desk Diary  features 53 original essays that consider the "how" and "why" of writing from the perspective of a broad range of authors. In this year's edition, authors Helen Sheehy and Leslie Stainton include a host of notables, ranging from poet Anna Akhmatova to novelist Charles Dickens, from scientist...Read Full Story

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me. – Hugh Mackay This should be the shortest post ever. Hands up all those who are perfect. [ Pause for pretend counting ] Right, so that’s one, two, three, four … none of you. Not a one. And I’m not perfect either. Okay we can all go home. I’m reliably informed (i.e. my dad told me) that you can’t get something perfect out of something imperfect with the...Read Full Story