Tag: Creative Process

by Marthe Bijman October 22, 2021 0

Award-winning novel Creative Process Discussion of writing style Literary analysis New Non-Fiction Readers and reading Review of historical fiction Review of literary fiction

A man on the roof of a 70-storey building – Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall is 672 pages long. It is 672 pages in which every single line and every single word haveContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman May 26, 2021

Backstories Creative Process Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Readers and reading

It all depends on how you look at it…

As my reward for having gotten through 2020 without any major ructions, while at the same time staying productive, IContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman April 30, 2021

Art Backstories Creative Process Discussion of lyrics

“Nothing comes from nothing.”

Pondering creativity When you have read and reviewed many books, as I have done, you eventually realize that even theContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman March 20, 2020

Creative Process

Falling down a rabbit hole when writing a book

I have been preoccupied for the past five months, rewriting my book about my family history, The Hope Chest, andContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman February 8, 2019

Backstories Creative Process getting published

Julian Barnes on hard work, luck and serendipity in his writing career

Here is the fascinating first-hand exposé of how Julian Barnes wrote his first novel, Metroland, and got it published inContinue Reading

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