Have you ever wanted to write a story, perhaps a book, perhaps a mystery? If you want to write why not give it a try. I have a fun project on the go and I invite you to help me out.
If you go to http://susanlancaster.blogspot.com you will find another blog of mine that starts off with the opening few pages of a mystery novel. It would be great to get other people involved in writing a continuation of the book as it stands at the moment.
You don’t have to be an expert in grammar, the champion of a spelling bee, or a punctuation king or queen. It is simply a matter of writing whatever you like and using your imagination as to how you would like the story to develop. You can introduce a new line of thinking, new characters, new situations, new plots or sub-plots, but just write.
While talking about adding to the novel, I would also like to extend an invitation for you to write for this blog if you wish. If you have a short story, an experience you want to share, a humorous situation or whatever you like, please write about it (approximately 400-500 words) and send it to me at sanden39@shaw.ca.
Again, don’t worry about the grammar or spelling etc. I always edit content before posting and I will come back to you if there is a problem. Likewise, you article will only be posted after your OK.
Join me in these writing adventures and if you would like further explanations or information, please write to me at the above e-mail address.
Look forward to hearing from you.
The Old Biddy
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
BOOK REVIEW
This book is a must read. As one reviewer put it, ‘I’m a 54 year old who has not been a teen for 35 years. This is an incredible read’.
THE BOOK THIEF
by Markus Zusak, reviewed by Gloria Novak.
The book is a real tour de force. Its success is the combination of sympathetic characters, a web of simple stories and a masterful use of vocabulary.
This book may be written for the Young Adult crowd but trust me, the vast majority of adults will love this book. Yes, the story is one we have read before - coming of age during WWII, hiding a Jew in the basement, petty thieving among adolescents - but the writing and the consistently clever way with words is fantastic.
Death is the narrator and is working overtime now that the war is in full swing, and every once in a while, he/she has to stop and look around as an antidote for the pain of his job. Liesel Meminger provides some of that respite.
On her way to a foster home to live with Rosa and Hans Hubermann he sees her steal a book. There she painstakingly learns to read and begins her love affair with words.
Death uses words and the placement of those words on the page to paint pictures for the reader that, while about the horror of the war, are evocative but don't get to the point where the book is distasteful. Intense, but still beautiful writing.
You want to keep reading to hear the words in your head; to see what Liesel does or thinks next, to hear Hans and Rosa together, to keep anticipating a kiss between Liesel and Rudy, to see whether Max Vanddenburg (the Jew hiding in the basement) is caught, to read Max's book for Liesel and to wonder at the private pain of the mayor's wife as she silently listens to Liesel read.
These words of mine do not do this book justice. Read it for yourself and then try to describe it - I dare you.
THE BOOK THIEF
by Markus Zusak, reviewed by Gloria Novak.
The book is a real tour de force. Its success is the combination of sympathetic characters, a web of simple stories and a masterful use of vocabulary.
This book may be written for the Young Adult crowd but trust me, the vast majority of adults will love this book. Yes, the story is one we have read before - coming of age during WWII, hiding a Jew in the basement, petty thieving among adolescents - but the writing and the consistently clever way with words is fantastic.
Death is the narrator and is working overtime now that the war is in full swing, and every once in a while, he/she has to stop and look around as an antidote for the pain of his job. Liesel Meminger provides some of that respite.
On her way to a foster home to live with Rosa and Hans Hubermann he sees her steal a book. There she painstakingly learns to read and begins her love affair with words.
Death uses words and the placement of those words on the page to paint pictures for the reader that, while about the horror of the war, are evocative but don't get to the point where the book is distasteful. Intense, but still beautiful writing.
You want to keep reading to hear the words in your head; to see what Liesel does or thinks next, to hear Hans and Rosa together, to keep anticipating a kiss between Liesel and Rudy, to see whether Max Vanddenburg (the Jew hiding in the basement) is caught, to read Max's book for Liesel and to wonder at the private pain of the mayor's wife as she silently listens to Liesel read.
These words of mine do not do this book justice. Read it for yourself and then try to describe it - I dare you.
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