Blog — Meg Rosoff

I smell a rat.

I smell a rat.

BlogMeg Rosoff31 January 2011mice, squirrel nutkin Comments

It's a sign!

It's a sign!

BlogMeg Rosoff30 January 2011edges of reality, magpies, superstition, There Is No Dog, walking under ladders Comments

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

BlogMeg Rosoff27 January 2011Brigitte Jakobeit, Jenny de jong, Jonathan safran foer, literature in translation, translator's forums Comments

Writing for fun and profit. Or at least for fun.

Writing for fun and profit. Or at least for fun.

BlogMeg Rosoff26 January 2011curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, george orwell, Harry Potter, harry potter and the philosopher's stone first edition, how to make money writing fiction, mark haddon, Philip Pullman, rattling a stick in a swill bucket, stephenie meyer Comments

The New Book

The New Book

BlogMeg Rosoff24 January 2011How I write, starting a new book Comments

Empty Nest Blues

Empty Nest Blues

BlogMeg Rosoff22 January 2011finishing a book, starting to write Comments

The god of cover art.

The god of cover art.

BlogMeg Rosoff19 January 2011clare skeats, cover art, dyslexic atheist, Edward Gorey, Mr Earbrass, nobody knows anything, The Unstrung Harp, There Is No Dog, there is no dog excerpt, william golding Comments

The King's Speech

The King's Speech

BlogMeg Rosoff16 January 2011boo laye, colin firth, evelyn laye, golden globes, lionel logue, mussolini's son in law, noel coward, royal corgis, the king's speech, the queen mum, the real George VI's speech, wallace simpson Comments

My 2010 roundup of Best Things. Slightly late.

My 2010 roundup of Best Things. Slightly late.

How to write. I mean ride. No, write.

How to write. I mean ride. No, write.

BlogMeg Rosoff11 January 2011catherine clarke, Elv Moody, how to ride a horse, how to write, how to write a novel, Kelly Turner, Molly Barton, Paul Hamlyn, Sally Gardner, There Is No Dog, Writing and riding, Zoe Pagnamenta Comments

How I Live Now, soon to be a major motion picture

How I Live Now, soon to be a major motion picture

BlogMeg Rosoff7 January 2011deborah moggach, How I Live Now film, How I Live Now movie, jeremy brock, Kevin Macdonald, last king of scotland, one day in september, The Eagle, touching the void, tulip fever Comments

Inspiration for the new year from Dorothy Parker.

Inspiration for the new year from Dorothy Parker.

BlogMeg Rosoff6 January 2011american rednecks, Dorothy parker Comments

Christmas

Christmas

BlogMeg Rosoff25 December 2010Becca Wyatt, carnegie medal, rebecca wyatt Comments

Chocolate Cake in a Mug

Chocolate Cake in a Mug

BlogMeg Rosoff14 December 2010chocolate cake in a mug, tuition rise, VAT rise, wikileaks Comments

My Alarm Clock is an Agent of Evil

My Alarm Clock is an Agent of Evil

BlogMeg Rosoff13 December 2010alarm clocks, fuseli the nightmare, I hate getting out of bed, sleep deprivation, tea time Comments

The Luckiest Kids in the World....

The Luckiest Kids in the World....

BlogMeg Rosoff11 December 2010arvon creative writing, leanne o'sullivan, lumb bank, tim pears, yorkshire Comments

The Tortoise and The Hare

The Tortoise and The Hare

BlogMeg Rosoff9 December 2010catherine clarke, edmund de waal, felicity bryan agency, surprise bestsellers, the hare with amber eyes Comments

Poetry and Chocolate

Poetry and Chocolate

BlogMeg Rosoff5 December 2010divine chocolate, divine chocolate poetry competition, dylan thomas, fern hill, janos pilinszky apocrypha, mary oliver the journey, wb yeats Comments