Archive - 2014

I am often asked about my writing process; from what inspires my novels, to what extent I map out my plots in advance, to my daily routine and average word count, the editing process and so forth. I pretend to consider these questions, and give answers that I hope sound coherent, by retrospectively imposing order on what is, in truth, chaotic, painful, feverish. If I told you that heroin addiction is its next of kin, you’d think I was lying. Read on. 

 

I give you the real stages of my writing process:

 

After the recent interest rate hike and the petrol price increase this morning, we’re all looking for ways to make our money go further. 

 

Jamie Oliver’s latest book, Save with Jamie will teach you how to cook tasty, nutritious food on a budget. Every recipe is great value and cheaper per portion than an average takeaway. 

 

As the release date for Lesley Pearse’s new novel Survivor draws closer, we thought we’d share an extract from the eagerly anticipated third book in the Belle trilogy. 

 

You know how sometimes it’s great to watch movies or read books that are set in a place you’re familiar with? Because you recognise the landmarks, the stereotypes, the atmosphere of a place? Cry Baby made me feel a whole lot of those things, but not necessarily in a warm and fuzzy way.

 

12 Years a Slave, the movie adaptation of Solomon Northup’s harrowing memoir of slave life, opens in SA cinemas next Friday.