It's Been Quite a Couple of Weeks!
Here at Words Are Life, we've published 3 very different books. Click on the covers to find out more, and to purchase.
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Lesley Atherton
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Writers Need Estate Agents! And, On An Associated Topic, Know Your Scenarios Inside Out
Why writers need estate agents!
Lesley Atherton
Jul 24, 20224 min read
Do You Know Who You Are Writing About?
Using character questions to help write deeper characters.
Lesley Atherton
Jul 16, 20221 min read
Who Remembers Britain's Most Outrageous Comedian? Allan Birkin, AKA Scully, Comes To Words Are Life!
Allan Birkin (songwriter, drummer, singer and 'blue' stand-up comic, Scully who put the F in Laffta) shares his life and times.
Lesley Atherton
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Tools For Writing Success
Using reference and quote books to inspire your writing, plus reading examples from Lesley Atherton at Words Are Life.
Lesley Atherton
Jul 5, 20221 min read
What Do Coronavirus, Euthanasia & Eyewitness Evidence Have In Common?
David Holding, that's what. Our most prolific writer, David Holding, has been extra-prolific this last year or so. His books: Live Or Let...
Lesley Atherton
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Review of Shaun Fallow's 'Access-Ability'
Wigan poet, Shaun Fallows, has produced one of the quirkiest and most thought-provoking books of poetry I’ve ever read.
Lesley Atherton
Mar 3, 20213 min read
Review of Three Books by Samantha Turner
I recently got hold of three books by Wigan writer, Samantha Turner, and they are three glossy-covered and slim volumes.
Lesley Atherton
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Tongue Tied Hog Tied
‘I love you,’ he says.
And I think, Ivan, you’re amazing. You have the weirdest mind I’ve met. Like, ever. We have a good time, me and Ivan
Lesley Atherton
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Review of 'Words, Thoughts, Observations' by JR Easton
Richard Easton was in my year at high school. Though our form rooms were a few steps across the corridor, I didn’t know him, but almost...
Lesley Atherton
Feb 6, 20211 min read
Harv Hovers
Harv hovers at the launderette.
He chews another Nicorette while
Eyeing his companion’s jacket
For the outline cardboard packet.
Lesley Atherton
Feb 6, 20212 min read
Babymaking
Matt’s head peeped from behind our ensuite’s door. ‘You up for it again? Third try and fingers crossed?’
Legs crossed, more like.
Lesley Atherton
Feb 4, 20210 min read
Lesley Atherton
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Why I Wrote The Waggon by Lesley Atherton
My book, 'The Waggon', will shortly be published.... In this instance, the old adage write about what you know about is true. It is a...
Lesley Atherton
Jan 26, 20213 min read
Book Review: Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children
7 September 2019 Tales from Firesides Generations Past Review of Duncan Williamson's 'Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children' 'Fireside...
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Jan 26, 20212 min read
My Favourite Childhood Book - Rumer Godden's The Diddakoi - by Lesley Atherton
Rumer Godden's 'The Diddakoi' was made into a children's TV series called Kizzy when I was a little girl, and I couldn't tear myself away..
Lesley Atherton
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Some Thoughts On Short Stories
Sometimes wonderful writing creeps up on you by stealth. It may seem simplistic, perhaps overly so, or even naïve - or primitive. But...
Lesley Atherton
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Review of '344 A Story of the Pretoria Pit Disaster' by Andrea Jane Finney
Below is a review of a book published in 2011 about the Pretoria Pit Disaster which appeared in Wigan Heritage Service’s Bulletin "PAST...
Lesley Atherton
Jan 26, 20211 min read
Interview With Parents Who Made Their Daughter's Dream Come True
Thirty years after Penny Taylor's death, Judith Taylor has published a book of her life, and it's a beautiful tribute to a wonderful woman.
Lesley Atherton
Jan 26, 20211 min read
Why We Should All Be Cooking 'Recipes From The Past'
I happened upon this little book recipes by chance, and was drawn to so much about it. Firstly, the format. ‘Recipes From The Past’ is a...
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