Writing Romance

Jan Jones, award-winning author and member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, is leading a workshop on writing romance fiction. If you want to write in this area then don't miss this workshop on Saturday 3rd October, 2009, at the City Central Library, Hanley. The workshop lasts from 10.00 to 3.30 with a short lunch break (food is not provided). And the cost of this workshop? Nothing. Brilliant value!

To reserve a place on this workshop phone 01782 238455

Jan Jones has a website: http://www.jan-jones.co.uk/
.

Hint, hint...

"Hint fiction" (n) : a story of 25 words or less that suggests a larger, more complex story

Check out this website
.

Junk!

I thought I might recommend Junk by Melvin Burgess. Although this is aimed at the YA market, it warrants reading by adults, especially those with children, to help them understand their offspring. Junk tells of two young teenagers who run away from home, one from an abusive father, the other... Well, her reasons aren't as strong to the book's other protagonists. Gemma and David end up in squats in Bristol, amongst the unemployed, druggies, prostitutes. And it is only inevitable that they fall into this pit. Junk follows their life from several viewpoints, like the statements of all protagonists; and they come over with verisimilitude. Junk is so convincing. It is a salutory story which, I suspect, acts as a better caveat than all manner of warnings by teachers, politicians and parents.
--- Peter Coleborn