by sharon zink | Jun 8, 2017 | inspiration, productivity, The Book Diner Interviews, women, writing craft, writing tips
This week The Book Diner goes back to when I had a visit from the very lovely Alex Hourston shortly after her debut novel, In My House, was published by Faber and Faber). It’s a very exciting time for a novelist when a first book comes out as I know from my own...
by sharon zink | May 26, 2017 | inspiration, productivity, The Book Diner Interviews, writing craft, writing tips
This week The Book Diner interview is coming out a day late as we’ve all been in mourning here in the UK over the terrible events in Manchester, so please forgive my tardiness in posting this. Today I’m sharing an interview from the archives, when I was...
by sharon zink | Mar 30, 2017 | emotion, inspiration, productivity, The Book Diner Interviews, writing tips
This week’s interviewee is Sara Bailey, whose debut novel, Dark Water, has recently been published by Nightingale Editions to great reviews (and it is in my pile for reading soon!). Based on Orkney, Sara’s work is influenced by the island’s rich...
by sharon zink | Feb 9, 2017 | productivity, The Book Diner Interviews, writing tips
The Book Diner usually features fiction writers and the occasional poet, but today I’m proud to introduce a journalist, blogger and a former academic (like myself), Rae Ritchie. Rae writes fascinatingly about a wide variety of subjects, such as mental health,...
by sharon zink | Oct 10, 2014 | The Book Diner Interviews
The doors of The Book Diner swing open today to welcome a fabulously talented American poet and fiction writer, Bethany Pope, who I had the good fortune to room with at St. Clementin Literary Festival in France in August 2014. At just 31, Bethany not only has a...
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