A Few Books
I haven’t had a chance to update my reading list for a week or two, but wanted to let you know about a couple books I’ve acquired.
The first, the Write Brain Workbook is fun. Every page is a different color and design. Some prompts are word games, some are guided, and some are straightforward. With the pages each being so different, it is visually appealing. An experienced writer might want to pick it up for fun. New writers will find it an easy way to develop the daily writing habit. It would be an engaging way to encourage young writers, too. Check out the author’s website for sample pages.
Another on my nightstand is Self Editing for Fiction Writers. Editing my own work isn’t the most fun I’ve had with words. This book helps to keep things in perspective, and while most of the instruction isn’t new to me, the tricks and tips often are.
My other current reading isn’t likely to interest too many people, I suppose…a four inch thick volume on early European history, a three-quarter inch book on post Iron Age peoples, and a new theory on King Arthur based on Welsh manuscripts (which is interesting to me because most of the pre-9th century Gaelic documents ended up in Wales or Ireland). However, I’m really enjoying following little leads and new names to learn all I can. Now I can even tell you the difference between P-Gaelic and Q-Gaelic. Who knew?
So…what are you reading?
I love the sound of your research books. What’s the project?
The original Celts swept across Europe and challenged Rome in the 4th century. By the 10th, their last vestiges were hidden in Cornwall, Wales, and parts of Scotland. Their descendants, the Britons, the Gaels, and the Picts, were destined to collide at the present-day line between England and Scotland. A Pict with a Brit father, raised at court in Northumbria, succeeded in breaking Northumbria’s spine in 685. Southern Pictland (Pictavia) unites. Northern Pictland is still shrouded in mystery. The Dal Riata, the famous abbey at Iona, and other British peoples were all there. 100 years after Columba, 200 years before Pictland is assimulated into a united Scotland and the people lost, and not a lot of documentation…almost none from the literate Picts themselves.
That’s all I can say for now.
Sounds fabulous
Historical or fantasy?
very interesting!
I just got a stack of writing books in the mail – one of which is Self-Editing for Fiction Writer’s! I was going to get stuck into that while I look over Lifelines.
Am also reading American Psycho.