Just fallen back in love with Wide Sargasso Sea. It doesn't waste a word. Cute 1992 Bloomsbury classic edition too <a href="http://t.co/wM6VhBNRy9">http://t.co/wM6VhBNRy9</a>
Dance of the Lobsters in Eyre Square tonight <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GIAF14?src=hash">#GIAF14</a> <a href="http://t.co/45drKsw2pG">pic.twitter.com/45drKsw2pG</a>
"Chekhov is one of the few writers that didn't write enough. You can't pay a writer much more of a compliment than that." - John McGahern
Dear media. Stop using the words 'openly gay' unless you also use 'openly straight', in which case go right ahead.
Zadie Smith writes about her "pathological reader syndrome" and we think we have it too! <a href="http://t.co/16XMqwa6Rq">http://t.co/16XMqwa6Rq</a>
.<a href="https://twitter.com/SceptreBooks">@SceptreBooks</a> are delighted to present a story written by David for Twitter, serialised twice a day this week. We give you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/THERIGHTSORT?src=hash">#THERIGHTSORT</a>…
"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb"- <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NadineGordimer?src=hash">#NadineGordimer</a> (RIP) <a href="http://t.co/c6Ttg8NQZU">pic.twitter.com/c6Ttg8NQZU</a>
Apologies for lack of book related tweets this week, my life has been completely dominated by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GarthBrooks?src=hash">#GarthBrooks</a>. Really.
Winner of the £25,000 Frank O'Connor Short Story Award is <a href="https://twitter.com/ColinBarrett82">@ColinBarrett82</a>. Only other Irish winner was Edna O'Brien: <a href="http://t.co/qogZuJNcQM">http://t.co/qogZuJNcQM</a>
If a character has curves, make sure to specify that they are in all the right places. Otherwise, readers will be confused.
