by Rhiannon Paine | Jun 14, 2010 | Artists & the Arts, General
I called my agent the other day to give her some good news. Thus: Me: I’ve had a great idea! I’m going to paste together bits of famous novels, poems, song lyrics, etc., and call it a book. I’ll send it to you tomorrow. Agent: Something something bad idea...
by Rhiannon Paine | Jun 5, 2010 | Artists & the Arts, General
As I blog, tweet, and work on a synopsis for my novel Fall Crush, I wonder how writers in earlier ages would have fared with social media. Suppose Thomas Hardy had been required to pitch The Mayor of Casterbridge. “When Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter...
by Rhiannon Paine | May 8, 2010 | Artists & the Arts, General, Home Sweet Home
It’s the autumn of 1978 and I’ve just moved into a flat in Liverpool. A new friend is watching while I unpack my books. After sorting them by genre (novels, poetry, plays, biography, criticism, history), I start to alphabetize the fiction by the...
by Rhiannon Paine | Apr 20, 2010 | Artists & the Arts, General
It’s beginning to look as if the only way I can fit all my books into my house is to move myself out. Why am I surprised? It’s not as if I haven’t lived here before. I know the equation: lots of tall windows plus two sets of French doors = beautiful light minus space...
by Rhiannon Paine | Apr 8, 2010 | General, Speaking Out
As my website designer keeps reminding me, this site’s been “open” for more than a month now. But I’ve kept quiet about it because, what with starting a new job and moving from a converted barn into a cottage, I haven’t had time to write this entry. Nor do I...
