From Lovereading infographic The Lovereading site explains that they love epic books with swathes of characters creating a wonderfully complex plot, but ask rather plaintively: “Sometimes is it all too…Continue readingToo many characters?
Then join a book club. Taking part in social activities such as book clubs or church groups makes people live longer and appears to be as important to health as…Continue readingWant to live longer?
Creative Commons / Flickr: smithsonian 51 Of The Most Beautiful Sentences In Literature “We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about their favorite lines from literature,”…Continue readingThe perfect line
I remember the now nearly extinct sound of the typewriter that I used before I embraced computers for my writing. My husband not only remembers typewriters, he also fondly recalls…Continue readingDisappearing sounds
Mine? ‘My Son, My Son’ by Howard Spring The book, and the writer. Spring taught me that EVERY story is about character. ‘My Son, My Son’ was the first book…Continue readingWhat book…?
100 jokers who shaped modern comedy Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri 4,000 years of humor At Vulture, Jesse David Fox talks about 100 sketches and one-liners that changed humor forever —…Continue readingFirst joke ever told?
The woman who rewrote the rules of romantic fictionNora Roberts photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris There are more than 400 million Nora Roberts novels in print, Carole Cadwalladr writes in The…Continue readingDoes romance pay?