Today, I bring you the final part of Susan Errington's Wet Ink interview with Nigel Featherstone. In this part Nigel talks primarily about some of the writers he admires or who have inspired him - and how they relate to his writing. I love the fact that many of the writers Nigel admires are also … Continue reading Fridays with Featherstone, Part 4: On writing and admired writers
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Fridays with Featherstone, Part 3: Using the Arts and Landscape in fiction
Today, I bring you the third part of Nigel Featherstone's Wet Ink interview with Susan Errington. One of the things that stands out in the two novellas I've read by Featherstone is the way he uses the arts. Even though the title of the first novella, Fall on me, is a direct reference to the … Continue reading Fridays with Featherstone, Part 3: Using the Arts and Landscape in fiction
Fridays with Featherstone, Part 2: Writing about men
Today, as promised last week, I bring you the second part of Nigel Featherstone's Wet Ink interview with Susan Errington. But first, a brief intro. Back in early November, Nigel wrote a guest post for my Monday Musings series on writing about family, on how this is what he finds himself writing about. In this … Continue reading Fridays with Featherstone, Part 2: Writing about men
Fridays with Featherstone, Part 1: Thoughts on literary form
What do writer Nigel Featherstone and the now sadly defunct literary magazine Wet Ink have in common? An unpublished interview, that's what! When Nigel approached me, with the agreement of his interviewer Susan Errington, asking whether I would like to run the review on Whispering Gums, I of course said yes - for several reasons. … Continue reading Fridays with Featherstone, Part 1: Thoughts on literary form
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