Words, the power of words and the work of wordsmiths

Ruth HartleyBooks by Ruth Hartley, Creativity, Politics, Power, Religion, Writing Process, Zambia2 Comments

“For magic consists in this, the true naming of a thing.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea Words and editing I’m engaged in a major rewrite of my children’s book The Drought Witch. It’s an exciting task expanding a children’s picture book into a novel for 9 to13-year-olds but the interesting work is in the editing and […]

Writers, readers and the publishers picnic

Ruth Hartley Storytelling, Book Publishing, Books by Ruth Hartley, Reading, Writing Process5 Comments

A lovely day, a friendly gathering and a picnic It was a picnic about  different ways of publishing books that was held on a lovely hillside venue at a private home – many thanks to our hosts. It was well organised by Jane Sherwin of Cafe Matin and I was delighted to be one of those asked to take part. […]