Category One of Many
One of Many – Two Great Detectives
Around about the time I turned eleven I started to read adult literature. Amongst my early reads were two great crime writers, who’d written about very different characters – Arthur Conan Doyle and Ed McBain. I was, still am, a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. I lapped up the short stories, book after book. The four […]
One of Many – Lymond Chronicles
Dorothy Dunnett was one of those authors who researched at great length. I’m justifying my approach by emulating her style – that’s what I tell myself. She was the historical author who took fact and interwove fiction amongst real events and characters. The fictional hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond, had a delicious mix of improbable […]
Today’s preference is purple, tomorrow is another day.
Now and again, those name your favourite whatever posts crops up on Facebook. I ignore them, or brush aside a request to list such things as my favourite colour, TV show, food, film, book, etc. What is a favourite? By definition, it is something preferred to all others of the same kind. Kind of what? […]
The Quiet Writer 