Chapter 1 Edinburgh – 9 November 1779 Professor Joseph Black considered himself thirteen years too old for sneaking around cellars investigating rumours of slain medical students. “Did you check under that chair, Joe?” Yet here he was. Black sighed. “Not yet.” His companion and fellow faculty member, William Cullen, paused his rummaging through a cobweb-chokedContinue reading “The Doctrines of Fire Preview (Chapters 1 and 2)”
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Anatomy of a Book Opening: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A good novel will hook its reader from the first page. A great novel will lay out the themes and central conflict(s) within the first chapter. Here, I take a look at some of my favourite books, explaining why I believe their openings work so well. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo is a one ofContinue reading “Anatomy of a Book Opening: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo”
CL Jarvis 