If you didn’t know Jane Austen wrote a sequel to Emma, that’s because she didn’t. This sequel was written by Rachel Billington. The story opens a year after Emma’s marriage to Mr. Knightley with the couple still living at Hartfield with Mr. Woodhouse
The review for Emma and Knightley by Rachel Billington was originally written 2/2/2009 for Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review of Emma and Knightley can now be read at Squid Lit.
An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing Book Review by Laura Roberts Although taking advice aimed at playwrights may seem like a strange idea to a novelist or writer of short fiction, one of my go-to writing advice books is Stuart Spencer’s The Playwright’s Guidebook. With the subtitle An Insightful Primer on the…
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg has been a mainstay in the writing community for twenty years and if you do not love this book there has got to be something wrong with you, right? Not necessarily. As in my case, it is all where you are at in life. Years ago, I borrowed…
Fulk de Galliard is a giant among men both in stature and of honor. He loves his family and his horse. His downfall is his burning temper. A temper so strong he accidentally killed his older brother. No amount of physical torture from his king or his fellow knights is enough to appease the guilt…
Dani Shapiro’s Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life is a gentle companion, filled with a myriad of antidotes that helps the writer on their own personal journey. The book is not a how-to guide in the least. It does not go over grammar, writing a sentence, or the like. It does, however,…
It is not necessary to read 1916 and 1921 to follow 1949, although it might help when reference is made to significant events from previous periods, especially if you have little knowledge of Irish history. The review for 1949 originial appeared in Linear Reflections and was republished at Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. Read the entire review…
Jane Austen’s (1775-1817) classic romance Pride and Prejudice has been a well loved tale since her death. Her writing has been reprinted, studied and immortalized in many films. It was written with its main character Elizabeth Bennet (and her family) as… This review for Janet Aylmer’s book was first published 5/21/2007 at Literary Fiction, BellaOnine….