As writers, we're told that we should "Show, Not Tell" all the time, and it's advice that is usually quite helpful. When possible, we need to let a scene unfold before the readers, to where they get to see what happens and to experience the details just as the characters do. But there are times … Continue reading When Just Showing Isn’t Enough
Tag: Nonfiction
Title: A Foot Wide on the Edge of Nowhere: Olive and Theo Simpkin—Sharing Good New in China Author: Helen Joynt Genre: Nonfiction Book Blurb (from Goodreads): Theo Simpkin is a young science student at the University of Melbourne when he senses God's call to share the good news with the people of China. Meanwhile Olive … Continue reading Book Review – A Foot Wide on the Edge of Nowhere
Description from Goodreads: 'Poets like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for directions.' In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen over a hundred poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their … Continue reading Book Review: Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin
Andrea Lundgren 