How the recession has fuelled chick litByPostscript | Lakshmi Chaudhry
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Being true to your genre will help you resist the temptation to label the book as an unholy hyphenate (“It’s a chick lit thriller!”) in a misguided attempt to represent it as having a broader potential audience. Trust me on this one: if a subgenre already has a name, there is alr...
Or even, saddest of all, “Wow, this is a fresh, exciting new voice. What a shame that it’s not appropriate for the book category in which this talented person has chosen to write.” Unfortunately for both literature and the health of Millicent’s throat, all three of these reactions ...
This is neither chick lit, nor a gentle Aga-saga. This is crime. It is meant to shock, to scare, to disturb. Without violence, or at least the threat of it, there can be no crime that we care enough about. Let your imagination run riot - and then ramp it up a bit more. A ...
It seemed easy to write off the Indiana Fever's 2024 season as a rebuilding year at the end of May. They had won just one of their first nine games, and looked like they were trying to figure out how to even play together. But since the calendar flipped to June, the Fever have fou...
But the simple question of how to write a joke doesn’t stay simple for too long. With some people that leave comments, it soon it explodes into an argument of whether they want to do “jokes, ” or “stories.” The simple fact is: A joke is a story! Let’s take a look. ...
Lissa’s closest friends gather at the resort to honor her life, but Georgie and Bron can’t seem to stop looking over their shoulders. Danger lurks beneath the surface of the crystal-clear water, and even their luxurious private villas can’t help them feel safe. As the weather turns omi...
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