Author Archives: damarisyoung

Sense of Community

I have always thought writing to be a lonely career. I envisioned great writers to be social pariahs, shunning social events for their craft.  I imagined them scribbling away all hours of the day and night at desks in dusty rooms filled with books. But while this may be the case for some, many famousContinue reading “Sense of Community”

Reworking The Classics

http://theaustenproject.com/ “The Austen Project pairs six bestselling contemporary authors with Jane Austen’s six complete works: Sense & Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion and Mansfield Park. Taking these well-loved stories as their base, each author will write their own unique take on Jane Austen’s novels.” When I found out about the project IContinue reading “Reworking The Classics”

The Great Book Challenge

  http://www.listchallenges.com/kaunismina-bbc-6-books-challenge I came across this list (plus a few similar) a few months ago and it was interesting to see it floating around on social media. Everyone started trying to out do each other by getting a higher ‘score’ and it became a competition to see who had read the most books. I wondered how many people wereContinue reading “The Great Book Challenge”

Turn the Page

What makes the reader keep reading after the first page? The first Chapter? What keeps the reader reading when they should go to bed or  when their favourite program comes on TV? I throw my poor characters into the middle of a crisis from page one. I hope the reader will stay long enough to find outContinue reading “Turn the Page”

Literary Easter Eggs

I read Stephen King’s ‘Dolores Claiborne’ straight after ‘Gerald’s Game’ purely by coincidence, without realising the connection between them. So it was a surprise to find the ‘tie ins’ between the books, for example when Dolores shared a telepathic connection with Jessie from Gerald’s Game, once during the solar eclipse and later when Jessie isContinue reading “Literary Easter Eggs”