Yana Stajno (YS, personal archive)
Today I am thrilled to host an interview with a multitalented artist, Yana Stajno, whose debut novel Rules for Thursday Lovers is about to be launched on the 16th of July by Clink Street Publishing. The book is already available on Amazon (UK, US).… Read the rest
Friends and new acquaintances often ask me questions like – why do I write, how does one write a novel, where to start, how does one publish a book… Instead of rambling for hours in attempt to answer these I normally re-direct them to specific best books in the business covering these questions (I’ll mention them below). … Read the rest
To me, books are not worth reading just for entertainment purposes. I want to learn something about the world and about myself, I want to be provoked into thinking about important issues.
Reading is a way to reflect, a mean for personal growth. … Read the rest
The NaNoWriMo Kick Off Party, London, 25th October 2012
National November Writing Month is about to start. Are you participating this year? Not decided yet? It’s still not too late to register and start writing and complete your 50,000 words novel in one month.… Read the rest
Anna Karenina – UK film poster (© 2012 Focus Features)
Last autumn I attended an open casting for background (extra) appearances in the upcoming film Anna Karenina and was picked for one of the roles.
Why did I apply in the first place?… Read the rest
Decades ago an English erotic novel called Lady Chatterley’s Lover caused a lot of hot debates on suitability of this type of fiction for public. The book was banned in several countries for some time and then the explosion of erotic fiction (written by Xaviera Hollander and the likes) during the later times of Sexual Revolution made the whole matter obsolete.… Read the rest
READING A BOOK..By LUNARIX-PIX (source: www.flickr.com/photos/manueluna/4497531493)
Some people say that the best way to write a great story is to write a book you’d want to read yourself. Holden Caulfield, the troubled teenager from The Catcher In The Rye, thought about it in his unique way:
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.”
Your story needs to be interesting enough to make the reader to want more, it needs to transport the reader into the world he’d like to stay in for longer.… Read the rest