Over at The View From Here, I've just posted the first part of an interview with Dmetri Kakmi, author of the fabulous memoir Mother Land. I interviewed Dmetri last year for the Ex Libris Book Fair and recently finished transcribing that section of the interview I recorded. Wander across and have a read: click here or there. He's a very interesting bloke, great fun to talk with and, drawing on his experience as both a writer and an editor, provides a number of valuable insights about the nature of fiction and non-fiction and about the processes of writing.At the moment, I'm putting together some opening lines and titles for a short story competition that Gary Davison has organised, but more on that in a couple of days.
5 comments:
Paul:
It's always a pleasure to visit your site and see what tidbits you have to offer. I'll definitely check out the interview.
Happy trails.
And it's always a pleasure to see you've visited. Much appreciated, Swubird. Happy trails to you too.
I'll be over there in a min for a butchers. Is this a book for me, Paul? I'm thinking of studying literature when I turn forty. Maybe the ratio on books we both enjoy might go up :)
Reckon you'd love studying Lit., Gary. Great idea. As for 'Mother Land', it's a superbly written book and, I reckon you'll certainly appreciate the fine quality of the writing. Give it a go.
Might just do that, Paul. But only when the reading pile gets down to ten :)
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