Author: Brigette Cohen
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Never Again
A hot mess of a book I deeply regret finishing. Featuring inconsistent characters, an encyclopedia’s worth of forgotten setups, and a positively offensive ending. Read at your peril.
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The Blog is NOT Dead
Some people say the blog is dead. An impassioned argument for why this is not true and what the act of maintaining a blog does for your writing.
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Staying in Your Lane
The variance of this collection, and of Harris’ work, got me thinking about the limitations or boxes authors find themselves getting pushed into.
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Moleskine Notebooks – A review
Is the success of the Moleskine just clever marketing, or is it a genuinely superior product?
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Not about the Politics
An incredibly put together book that challenges the reader’s perception of politics, family and people. But don’t be fooled by the pretty cover.
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Brevity
What I learned about Brevity and using scenes from Naomi Novik’s Temeraire. The answer, you don’t have to fill in the boring bits.
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The Flying Temeraire
Basically the best dragon-fantasy ever written. Imagine a dragon with a crew of airmen fighting in the Napoleoic wars. And if that doesn’t interest you I don’t know what will.
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Unconditional Love
Oleander by Scarlett Drake This book was such an unexpected pleasure. It was written as a modern retelling of Great Expectations (Charles Dickens). I am afraid I have to admit to having never read GE (or in fact any Dickens novels) so I can’t really tell you how well it did as an adaptation. But…
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Pigeon Pie – Bird Hunting in the Middle Stone Age
Middle Stone Age hunting of Birds in South Africa. Feature Article, African Birdlife June 2026
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Lost Sight of its Purpose
A book that wastes its unique positioning to tell a superficial story about the Great War.