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by ellisael
Thu March 30th, 2023, 10:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Reading? March 2023
Replies: 10
Views: 799

Re: What Are You Reading? March 2023

Really enjoying revisiting Anne of Green Gables book along with watching the series
Reading an anthropology book for fun- on physical anthro
by ellisael
Fri December 30th, 2022, 6:33 am
Forum: Travel
Topic: Where are you traveling to next?
Replies: 112
Views: 14873

Re: Where are you traveling to next?

Planning a trip to US-Mexico borer as a pilgrimage to the book The Line becomes a River. Itis a moving, moving memoir.
by ellisael
Mon August 29th, 2022, 8:53 am
Forum: The Writing Business
Topic: What makes a good fiction writer?
Replies: 1
Views: 420

Re: What makes a good fiction writer?

I think among all the points you made- a good fiction writer is definitely marked out by their talent for evoking emotional affect in many myriads of nuances, from stylistic options to how one can bend language to say the exact thing meant. I think precision of grammatical precision and sentence agr...
by ellisael
Thu April 7th, 2022, 8:38 am
Forum: The Craft of Writing
Topic: Language
Replies: 27
Views: 6928

Re: Language

I think this such an excellent question esp because so many potential stalwart authors of historical fiction do not even attempt it because of their fear of not being able to capture the language of the era. I think Hamilton as a musical really does such a great job of playing with it- there the lan...
by ellisael
Tue November 9th, 2021, 5:50 am
Forum: Who Wrote It? What's the Title?
Topic: Saga, set mostly during Paris Peace Conference
Replies: 1
Views: 1329

Re: Saga, set mostly during Paris Peace Conference

kind of sad that the name was never determined coz i would love to read this
by ellisael
Tue November 9th, 2021, 5:48 am
Forum: India
Topic: Raziya
Replies: 4
Views: 3275

Re: Raziya

oh wow- this thread led me to read about this sultanah. so incredible her glory
by ellisael
Tue November 9th, 2021, 5:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you reading? November 2021
Replies: 7
Views: 462

Re: What are you reading? November 2021

i just finished reading this memoir called rumours of spring it is written by a Kashmiri woman about growing up under the indian occupation- it was truly so so very heart wrenching- The fact that it is called Rumours of spring really broke my heart because it pointed to the hope that gets often tram...
by ellisael
Wed June 16th, 2021, 10:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are you in a book group?
Replies: 3
Views: 496

Re: Are you in a book group?

my improv grou has monthly reading sessions :)
by ellisael
Wed June 16th, 2021, 10:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Book shopping 2017
Replies: 62
Views: 3778

Re: Book shopping 2017

Madeleine wrote:
Sat December 9th, 2017, 9:30 pm
Death in St Petersburg by Tasha Alexander
Sleep baby sleep by David Hewson
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
have read sleep baby sleep- such a fascinating read
by ellisael
Wed June 16th, 2021, 10:25 am
Forum: Who Wrote It? What's the Title?
Topic: Searching for info on a writer
Replies: 4
Views: 567

Re: Searching for info on a writer

Have you attempted to write to the publishers? Usually that helps me to get in touch with the writers

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