http://www.helenjbeal.com/?p=220#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed wordsmith & bibliophile Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.helenjbeal.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-40 helenjbeal Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:11:02 +0000 http://www.helenjbeal.com/?p=220#comment-40 Phew! Thanks Tim. It's always good to know one is not alone! Am getting on much better with 'Summertime'. Phew! Thanks Tim. It’s always good to know one is not alone! Am getting on much better with ‘Summertime’.

]]> http://www.helenjbeal.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-39 Tim Stretton Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:03:00 +0000 http://www.helenjbeal.com/?p=220#comment-39 A novelist friend had a similar experience with Wolf Hall, Helen. She described herself as "all Tudored out", ready to scream if another archbishop or man in tights appeared on the page: she abandoned it unfinished. I rather like the Tudor period but even I am becoming surfeited. No doubt I'll read Wolf Hall in the end but I'm in no hurry... A novelist friend had a similar experience with Wolf Hall, Helen. She described herself as “all Tudored out”, ready to scream if another archbishop or man in tights appeared on the page: she abandoned it unfinished. I rather like the Tudor period but even I am becoming surfeited. No doubt I’ll read Wolf Hall in the end but I’m in no hurry…

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