by lauralizbuckley | 3 Dec, 2022 | Book Reviews
Verity Plot summary Lowen Ashleigh isn’t having a great time. Her writing career is stalled, her mother has just died and her finances are in shambles. As if to add insult to injury, on her way to a meeting with her editor she witnesses a horrible car accident. But...
by lauralizbuckley | 1 Dec, 2022 | Blog Posts
The last few months have been, frankly, a lot. Hence the slightly sparse updates over here! But I wanted to pop in with some books that really made a mark on me this year. I also think any of these could make fantastic Christmas presents for the book-lovers in your...
by lauralizbuckley | 11 Sep, 2022 | Book Reviews
On the Subject of Unmentionable Things stars Phoebe Townsend. She’s a fairly typical teen in many ways. Quiet, but not unpopular. Works on the school newspaper, and has a crush on the editor. And anonymously runs a sex education blog. Which has just gone viral. All...
by lauralizbuckley | 3 Sep, 2022 | Book Reviews
Imagine the film ‘Wolf of Wall Street’. Specifically the point where the office is at its craziest, with all the shouting, tossing people around, etc. Now imagine a Black man, yanked out from behind the counter at Starbucks, being ushered in for an interview. That’s...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Jun, 2022 | Writing
I can’t remember where I first heard about The Artist’s Way. It might have been in the context of morning pages, and associated recommendations about making sure to write something first thing every morning. It might have been some advice thread somewhere for blocked...
