by Virginia Lloyd | Dec 16, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
This post was prompted by a piece by James Bradley over at City of Tongues in which he considers why he enjoys reading blogs by women more than those by men. His post alerted me to Rachel Cusk’s piece in the Guardian last weekend, “Shakespeare’s daughtersâ€, on...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 22, 2009 | Blog, Memoir
I’ve recently come across this fascinating interview with Umberto Eco on the occasion of a new exhibition he has curated at the Louvre in Paris. The exhibition is about the nature of lists, poets who list things in their work, and painters who accumulate things...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 13, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
In the latest issue of The Monthly, Kirsten Tranter writes about the novels of Stieg Larsson, whose Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been recommended regularly to me by friends and family members with reliable taste. I clearly have commitment issues when it comes to...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 2, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
My first short story has just been published in the third issue of extempore, a journal of writing, music, art, and improvisation published by Melbourne-based music-lover and writer Miriam Zolin. Miriam developed the idea for the journal from her passions for writing...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 23, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
For anyone who has felt a little bruised by our world’s insistence on specialisation, here’s a powerful antidote in the current issue of More Intelligent Life (a sibling of The Economist), celebrating those of us who like to spread ourselves around,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 8, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
Here are the winners in The Washington Post’s annual neologism contest. I am having trouble choosing a favourite from this witty bunch: Coffee (n.) the person upon whom one coughs. Flabbergasted (adj.) appalled over how much weight you have gained. Abdicate...