A.S. Thomson

  • The Bee-Loud Glade by Steve Himmer

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] When Finch loses his job marketing plastic plants on line – mainly by writing blogs as fictitious characters who have positive things to say about his company’s product – he goes into a downward spiral. He stops washing, going out or having any contact with the outside world. He ignores his landlord…

  • Guilt-free procrastination

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Now, we all know how much fun I have finding things I can use as aids to procrastination. I have been known to count the grains of salt on my chips rather than apply my bottom to the chair and get on with writing so when I heard of Pinterest, I wanted…

  • The Detour by Andromeda Romano-Lax

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Ernst Vogler is a young man who has been tasked with bringing an ancient statue, The Discus Thrower, to Germany in 1938, where is will be added to Hitler’s collection. He travels to Rome by train only to find that instead of returning the statue to Germany by rail as he was…

  • Your Playlist Can Save Your Life: Ten Proven Ways Your Favorite Music Can Revolutionize Your Health, Memory, Organization, Alertness and More

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Just as most of us know how our sense of smell can evoke memories, I’m sure we can all agree that music can lift our spirits or help us chill. Music has always been a big part of my life – I play several instruments and have been in a few bands…

  • Review of Write A Great Synopsis

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] “A maths teacher with OCD fantasises about one of his students while dealing with a series of prophecies and trying to take more control of his life.” This is the twenty-five word synopsis of my WIP, The Maths Man Prophecies. Well, it’s actually twenty-seven words, but trust me, if I hadn’t read…

  • The Devil’s Music by Jane Rusbridge

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I had heard nothing but praise for The Devil’s Music and was keen to read it for myself so I nudged it up the TBR pile. And I am very glad I did. Jane Rusbridge has written a book so full of heartbreak and longing using the simplest of language, yet has…

  • Hats, they make you deaf, you know.

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Me: Mum, can you pass me the prescription? Mum: … Me: Mum, please, pass me the prescription? Mum: … Me: MUM! Mum: What? Were you speaking to me? I’m wearing a hat. Me: … ***** Mum: What are you looking for? Gingerbread? Me: I don’t eat gingerbread. Haven’t had that for years.…

  • Jam

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Mum: I need jam. Me: Ok, what kind? Mum: Peach. Me: Peach?

  • The Book of Lost Fragrances

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] How often have you smelled a particular perfume, a bonfire or shoe polish and been instantly transported back to an earlier time in your life? Our sense of smell is the most evocative for memory and this is what is at the heart of MJ Rose’s The Book of Lost Fragrances. Brother…

  • Demolition Mum

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] We were chatting about how so many of our past homes & places of work were no longer there. Me: Our house in Carntyne is still standing. Mum: Oh, they houses will stand ’til they’re knocked down. No refuting that logic. [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com]

Got any book recommendations?

Get In Touch