I don’t have answers to the whys or the hows. I’m not an expert in politics or social justice – I know books better than people. Writing is what I have to offer. In light of this, I’ve put together a list of books.
Author Archives: emma4lammers
All Writers Need Ergonomics
Writers: how do you make your work station ergonomic?
Review: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Gideon the Ninth mixes genres with glee. Its title character, a teenage girl trapped in indentured servitude on a dreary planet called the Ninth, is desperate to join the army (here called the “Cohort”). Harrow, her employer and the de facto ruler of the Ninth, is desperate to keep Gideon at her side, apparently out of sheer vindictiveness.
Beyond Awareness
There is a great desire in the autistic community for the focus to change from awareness to acceptance. April is over, but we don’t pack away our stimming, communication differences, or sensory differences like holiday decorations, and nor should we have to.
My Novel in Progress: A History (Part 2)
From my year in Europe to the final excruciating days of writing draft two.
My Novel-in-Progress: A History (Part 1)
In 2003, aged 9, I decided to write a novel. Nearly 20 years later, I’m still working on it. Find out why.
Review: The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
Anyone who has had to study classic literature knows which websites to consult for a summary of whatever book they’ve been assigned. For The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolf’s first published novel, this approach does no favours to either the reader or the text, turning the story into a random series of events concerning upper-middle classContinue reading “Review: The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf”
Review: The Centaur’s Wife by Amanda Leduc
What happens when the apocalypse is a fairy tale?
Emma Lammers 