As nacht boppe in lampe, sa pakt de minske mei syn libben om.
No ris, dan ris giet in gedachte hinne
út ien fan de twa breinsfearen, en glûpt, lykas in lekken,
wei ûnder de klem fan it rêstleas liif yn slom,
bleatlizzend wa-wit-wat-ûnder-de-sinne.
De nacht, ha mar yn ’e rekken,
Lês fierder by Abe de Vries… Lês fierder
De winter is hast foarby. It hat twa dagen maitiid west en elkenien wie út de skroeven. Einlings wer sinne! Ik wie der ek bliid om.
Lês fierder by it Woeflog fan Hanneke de Jong… Lês fierder
The Childhood of Jesus appears to fit into that category of novels where a man arrives in a strange land and struggles to make himself understood. The lack of understanding may be literal and linguistic (Ferenc Karinthy’s Metropole) or emotional and allusive (Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled). Such a premise gives an author opportunities to highlight the human condition unshadowed by familiar geographical settings which might distract the reader: the great risk in setting a story in a known location is that it will seem to be about that location. Better to create a new one. The balancing risk in doing so is that the reader will spend most of the book trying to work out what and where the author is really talking about.… Lês fierder
Ik hebbe de Friestaelige pelisieroman Lykspul van Jan Schokker mit genoegen lezen. Ik hadde nog nooit wat van him lezen, mar hi’j hadde veur dit boek al drie aandere pelisieromans schreven. Pelisie-inspekteur Ale Alema van De Bontebok moet meerdere moorden oplossen. Et begint mit een moord op de konditietrener van SC Heerenveen.
Lês fierder by Johan Veenstra… Lês fierder
Skriuwer-sjoernalist Abe de Vries is bytiden de rûge kant neist as it om syn skriuwen oer poëzy giet. Babs Gezelle Meerburg murk dêr oait oer op: ‘It bewizen fan literêre ynfloeden is in prekêre saak en fereasket tige krekt ûndersyk. (…) Abe de Vries is soms te min fundearre, te sjoernalistyk en te ropperich.’
Lês fierder by Eeltsje Hettinga… Lês fierder
Having just completed the first draft of my second novel, I can attest to the fact that writing a first draft is still a lot better than oral surgery, but a good measure worse than folding laundry or even cleaning the bathrooms (which, full disclosure, my husband does). First drafts require starting from nothing and creating something only slightly better than nothing. At least, that’s how my first drafts feel to me. The good news? Now I have something to work with. Fresh from the trenches, here are a few tips on writing the first draft of your novel.
Lês fierder by Writers Digest… Lês fierder
Karel Wauters, als kenner van het Europese culturele geestesleven van de romantiek en de geschiedenis van de Vlaamse letterkunde in de negentiende eeuw verbonden aan de Universiteit Antwerpen, werkte jarenlang aan een biografie van de Vlaamse schrijver Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883). Helaas beletten ziekte en een vroegtijdige dood in 2010 Wauters deze monografie af te werken. Naar aanleiding van het Consciencejaar in 2012 besloot het Letterenhuis deze deelbiografie toch uit te geven.
Lês fierder by Arsène Droogakkers… Lês fierder