If you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, then what the hell should you judge it by? The blurb? The title? The author photograph? I know, I know – the saying is about not judging a person by their looks, but having a good cover can make or break a book. Or so I’ve […]
I think my book, Day Six, needs a subtitle. And now I’ve done the research I’d say it is pretty much essential. A good subtitle can really sell a book, especially when the actual title isn’t that informative, like say Day Six. Paul McCarthy in his article Compelling Titles and Subtitles says that the title […]
I need to write a synposis of my book DaySix for my publishers. How does this sound? Day Six is story of one of the roughest introductions to motherhood you can imagine. Jen Wight breaks the taboo around mental ill health to honestly recount her experience of developing post partum psychosis and then […]
Ever the late adopter I have recently got into Words with Friends. And when I say got into I mean TOTALLY f’in addicted. I play with two friends in London, one in Cambridge, one in Bristol, one in LA and two in Sydney. So at various times of the day and night I get the […]
I was shocked and horrified to hear on Radio National the other night that the wonderful and marvellous 30 Rock’s finale show was being pitted against The Big Bang Theory, and that it might not win. The thought of anybody preferring BBT to 30R makes me thing some people just aint wired right. How you […]
Jen S. Wight 