Rosemary Morris's Blog – September 2011 Archive (2)

From Highgate Hill to Kindle

When my mother was a small girl, my grandfather, Charles, stood holding her hand on Highgate Hill.  Together they watched one of the first aeroplanes fly overhead.  He looked down at Mother and said: ‘Nothing will come of those flying machines.”

Born within the sound of Bow Bells, the eldest of eight children, Charles was a scholarship boy at Westminster Boys School and sang in the choir at Westminster Abbey.  Unfortunately,…

How to critique a Novel or Short Story

As the recipient of many critiques and assessments of my work I have sometimes been dismayed by a critiquer’s comments about my novels and short stories.  On the other hand, on occasions, a critiquer has been too full of praise instead of suggesting improvements.  The best critiques have been a balance between the positive and the negative.

I belong to three online critique groups and Watford…