Tag Archives: publishing novels

It’s been a long time…

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Elizabeth Mapstone

I did not expect to be away quite so long! Ill-health – or rather the ills that beset Old Age – dogged me over the summer, and I began to think that my tag-line It’s not too late might after … Continue reading →

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Truth and literary fiction?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

Today, as I waded through a flood of emails from Books and Writers Groups, I stumbled upon a contribution I’d like to share with you. On a Linked-In discussion group,  Jamaluddin Jamali, wrote: “A ‘Literary Romance’ Shows the Mind of … Continue reading →

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Time for Reflection

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

Time now for a break from my current obsession with The Amazon’s Girdle. Almost all the reviews I’ve seen are five star, which is wonderful, and I am so grateful to everyone who posted on amazon’s website, or on Goodreads. … Continue reading →

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Spirit of the Place

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

Writing can make you new friends in more ways than one. Recently I met novelist Dennis Hamley and discovered we had a number of interests in common, not the least of which was an admiration for A.S. Byatt and her … Continue reading →

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These “quiet psychological novels”

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

I have just re-read Penelope Lively’s Moon Tiger, which won the 1987 Booker Prize, and then her much later The Photograph (2007), because they are on my shelves and reading her is like chatting with an old friend. Ah yes, … Continue reading →

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Must a writer be young?

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

I was 6 when decided to be a writer.  World War II was in full swing, and my father was away in the army, so I planned to cheer him up when he couldn’t be at home, by creating books … Continue reading →

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