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Look up Eric Ambler's novels, some of Grahame Greene's spy novels, and similarly W. Somerset Maugham's.

Wittgenstein's Mistress, David Markson

Aside from the unnecessary adjectives, you may want to ask yourself if some of it is really necessary? Is the fact she is wearing make-up important to the story? If not, cut it. Also, think about the sentences: This can be made brisker like so: Now, think about other things, like how you...

Not really. It says you are in Scotland on the top right of each post. I was asking because in Glasgow we have a monthly event for writers, journos, students of writing, agents, publishers, etc. which involves brief presentations and networking and would have provided more info on it. In...

It should probably be merged with the original thread: http://www.bookandreader.com/forums/f6/stephen-king-on-writing-8341.html

In the lung ward, wondering whether I should go to the mad ward, or let it come to me.

I'm confused how someone who has amassed a single post could possibly be known to us.

Would like to know what prompted this novel as their initial choice.

The most recent Adjágas album, specificallyIh Goh Gåarkah?

It's been a while, so here's the damage for 2010, encompassing purchases, gifts, prizes, freebies, and whatnot: Best European Fiction 2010, (Various) The Lessons, Naomi Alderman Sandokan, Nanni Balestrini Stone In A Landslide, Maria Barbal The Gourmet, Muriel Barberry The Elegance Of The...

I've been meaning to return to Ogawa ever since I read The Drowning Pool. She's quickly being translated to English so there's this and Hotel Iris to pick from now.

Try some Richard Yates, Richard Ford, and Lorrie Moore. Also, The New Yorker regularly has a fiction short on its website.

Where, in Scotland, are you?

And if you are Stephen King, you could do no worse than reading it yourself and heeding your own advice. And why is this obvious piece of non-fiction squatting in the speculative fiction section?

Just what the world needs: another self-published book. Rebecca who?

If the serial killer novels are as bad as the myriad serial killer films then their problem is that they don't deal with feasible serial killers and all the inherent psychology, but focus more on some gimmick that makes them unique. Dispensing with the complex minds that these people live with...

I love it. It does depend on how you use it though. If you are just going to update people that you are putting marmalade on your toast this morning or that you are waiting at the bus stop, then don't expect many followers. It's great for cascading information. One person tweets something to...

I take it that's the one with the handwritten dedication to Alice from Lewis Carroll?

You'll be unlikely to find anyone that can sensibly price the book here. AbeBooks would be a better bet. The likelihood is that they aren't worth much at all, as limited editions, first editions, and signed first editions are where a book picks up a heftier price in the collectibles market. All...

The demise of Borders and the increased percentage discounts has resulted in quite a haul, and I've just been making a list of it to take stock. It's sizeable.Refusal, Soazig Aaron Götz And Meyer, David Albahari The Ballad Of Johnny Sosa, Mario Delgado Aparain Book Of Clouds, Chloe Aridjis The...