This week, Redshirts is:
• A fun romp through the Universal Union
• Sneakily asking ethical questions
• Much more meta than I anticipated
Author Archives: alisonjanetbrown
The King’s Man: how it made promises to the audience and… why it didn’t deliver
This week:
• The King’s Man sets up a great action story
• It then fails to deliver
• I have my theories as to why
Bing Crosby’s character development in ‘White Christmas’: an analysis
This week, White Christmas:
• Is a classic of its genre
• Demonstrates some elegant character development
• Is for life, not just for Christmas
Why join a Writing Circle?
This week, I reveal that writing circles:
• Can actually help you improve your writing
• Are very variable in tone
• Can host a range of events for writers
Why your English Teacher didn’t want you to write ‘said’
This week:
• Teachers actually do their jobs
• Language changes according to your purpose
• There is teacher-me and writer-me
My 3 Favourite podcasts about writing and what you’ll learn from them
This week, writing podcasts can be:
• As long as a piece of string
• Chuckle-worthy
• Heaven on a hat stand
Six reasons to listen to writing podcasts
This week, listening to writing podcasts:
• Is an affordable way to develop craft
• Makes me part of a writing community
• Builds my enthusiasm for writing
Fantastic Regency Fantasy – The Lady Jewel Diviner
This week, The Lady Jewel Diviner is:
• A fast-paced cosy crime mystery
• A cute nod to Regency romance
• Obsessed with cream teas
Fantastic Regency Fantasy – Manners and Monsters
This week, Manners and Monsters is:
• A weird mix of American and Regency
• A great mix of magic and cosy crime
• Full of pickled cabbage
How to tell genre-snobs to f- off in 3 glorious phases
This week:
• I am not happy that I was genre-shamed
• It takes me less than a minute to think of three examples of fantasy in ‘great classic literature’
• It’s weird boiling Hamlet down to ‘man is haunted by the ghost of his murdered father until he goes on a homicidal rampage’
ALISON JANET BROWN 