

'Rusticles' by Rebecca Gransden
The next few weeks my blog will be about the books I've read. Recently, of course. It follows on from my thoughts on reading Jean Teule's...

Paul Jameson
Jun 18, 2018


'The Poisoning Angel' - by Jean Teulé
I enjoyed one of those wonderful events recently; you know the one, when you pick up a random book in the library and it turns out to be...

Paul Jameson
Jun 11, 2018


AREA X: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Those who know me realise my reviews are less a blow by blow account of a book (I don't like giving things away), and more a...

Paul Jameson
May 8, 2018


My thoughts on 'The Pearl' by Steinbeck
Sometimes, with some authors, when you finish one of their works you have to give it time to settle, let it 'become', before casting...

Paul Jameson
Sep 22, 2017


Virginia Woolf and Lessons for Me
This week I borrowed a few shorter pieces of works and short story anthologies from the library. These included more shorts by Du Maurier...

Paul Jameson
Aug 14, 2017


Of Mice and Men (by John Steinbeck)
I really enjoyed this book. A novel or a novella? At 29,000 words I guess the latter in this day and age. Even my slow and healing brain...

Paul Jameson
Jul 25, 2017


Blind Edits and 'Hop-Frog' by Edgar Allen Poe
I seem to have been editing for an age, but I come close now to being satisfied with a final edit of ’76 and the Odd 93’. I first penned...

Paul Jameson
Jul 10, 2017


On Reading and Du Maurier
Originally written in mid-2016, this is an old post lifted from my old site. I hope you won't mind. It revisits my return to reading...

Paul Jameson
Jun 12, 2017


The Masque of the Red Death
Today I treated myself. No writing. Well, what I mean is no creative writing as yet. There’s still four hours of today left, and after...

Paul Jameson
Apr 24, 2017


The Madness of Writing: Inside the Bell Jar
This week I’d like to raise awareness of... ‘Inside the Bell Jar’ A literary journal and brave new venture, this online journal aims to...

Paul Jameson
Apr 10, 2017












