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Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last – Book Review

Posted on August 7, 2017 by literarylad

The Heart Goes Last is set in an almost contemporary America where the distribution of wealth has become so unequal that large numbers of people are falling out of society. The book follows a couple who, without steady jobs and a … Continue reading →

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The Rabbit that decided the Election

Posted on May 17, 2017 by literarylad

It’s still not clear how a rabbit got into the cabinet room. And in fairness to the then Prime Minister, it had been a difficult meeting. Her ministers didn’t like the new policies they had been made to announce, as the election drew … Continue reading →

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The Short Story as Abstract Art

Posted on May 3, 2017 by literarylad

They say that in art, it’s impossible to be truly original. There can be nothing new, because everything has been done before. But in the world of fiction writing, some people are going to extreme lengths to make their writing different. Maybe their … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Establishment…

Posted on August 9, 2016 by literarylad

…And how they get away with it.  By Owen Jones.                         This was not an easy book to read; not calming or uplifting. Jones sets out a tale of how, over … Continue reading →

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Fiction or Autobiography?

Posted on May 9, 2015 by literarylad

fiction n. 1 prose literature, especially novels, describing imaginary events and  people. (1.) I’ve read that the questions authors most hate are those that suggest their work is autobiographical. Questions such as, ‘To what extent is your work autobiographical?’ or, ‘How much of … Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of Graham

Posted on February 20, 2015 by literarylad

Warning: May contain scenes of a sexual nature (but don’t count on it)… I’ve been continuing to make occasional submissions to short story competitions, and in the spirit of ‘Fifty Shades’, I recently submitted a story to the Stringybark Erotic … Continue reading →

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Lad, interrupted…

Posted on July 22, 2013 by literarylad

Work on my second novel has temporarily stopped. At around 10,000 words I realised I had been for too long dancing around an incident that would not be explained until later on in the book, and of which, of course, … Continue reading →

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I’d rather be writing…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by literarylad

…literary fiction than spending time struggling to work out how to format a blog site. Never mind; it’ll be worth it when it’s done. To think I used to work in IT! It seems that switching it off and on … Continue reading →

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First post – the past

Posted on March 11, 2013 by literarylad

The book – my first – has been finished for some time now. It’s a work of fiction, a novel. I would describe it as ‘literary fiction’, not because I want to be elitist, but because my aim was to … Continue reading →

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