The ABC of Books - Part 1 - A to M

A = Annuals, often treasured for years. Which was your favourite?

B = Back catalogues - I often don’t pick the first book by an author to read so if I like the book I did read, I have a lot of fun catching up with the others!

C = Characters - where would any book be without them and again name your favourites. I have loads”

D = Dialogue in books mirrors real life speech but can’t ape it exactly as there’d be far too many ahs, ums, stutters etc - not easy and boring to read!

E = Entertainment and enrichment - what good books always do whether they’re fiction or non-fiction.

F = Flash fiction - my genre - fun and stretches across genres too as I’ve written crime flash, ghost flash etc.

G = Great writers of the past still inspire today though I am thankful I don’t need to be as descriptive as Dickens had to be for his readers who could not travel to see the places he wrote about (or have the benefit of film/TV to see them).

H = History - fiction and non- fiction - a wonderful category and can inspire all sorts of fictional works.

I = Intellect and Imagination - reading widely doses so much for both of these.

J = Justice - a major factor in the popularity of crime fiction as justice is usually seen to be done here.

K = Kindle - ebooks have transformed reading by giving us another format. It has also given more writers a voice too.

L = Life - in all its forms and several alien ones - can be found across the whole spectrum of book categories.

M = Mysteries - as well as the obvious crime section, there is the paranormal mystery book, the non-fiction books trying to lift the lid on mysteries and so on.


Part 2 next week but I do know books should be celebrated!