Iain, I find reading the 'behind the scenes' about this book, that I read and found very moving and enjoyable, so interesting. Interesting because if I become immersed in a book I never think about how it was constructed or that things could have been different. The 'choices we make' is something that has come to fascinate me over the years. Years that exist now solely because of choices, almost seemingly casual, that were made 3 decades ago. Damn I can't think how to start a sentence with 'ago' without being sorry. (Sorry, as a sometime editor I couldn't resist that very salient editing practice.)
Hi Janet, glad to hear you're enjoying these. I have to admit that years of working as an editor mean I find it very difficult to read anything these days without considering the author's intentions and second-guessing the choices they made is drafting. It's very useful when editing ("I think what you're trying to do is...") but it makes it harder to just lose myself in a great story. Saying that, I've just started The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex and I was engrossed by page two.
Iain, I find reading the 'behind the scenes' about this book, that I read and found very moving and enjoyable, so interesting. Interesting because if I become immersed in a book I never think about how it was constructed or that things could have been different. The 'choices we make' is something that has come to fascinate me over the years. Years that exist now solely because of choices, almost seemingly casual, that were made 3 decades ago. Damn I can't think how to start a sentence with 'ago' without being sorry. (Sorry, as a sometime editor I couldn't resist that very salient editing practice.)
Hi Janet, glad to hear you're enjoying these. I have to admit that years of working as an editor mean I find it very difficult to read anything these days without considering the author's intentions and second-guessing the choices they made is drafting. It's very useful when editing ("I think what you're trying to do is...") but it makes it harder to just lose myself in a great story. Saying that, I've just started The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex and I was engrossed by page two.
Good recommendation!