Honestly: Notes on Life
Fourth Estate, $19.99 pb, 221 pp, 9780732295899
Honestly: Notes on Life by Nikki Gemmell
The skills involved in writing successful novels are rather different from those needed for a weekly newspaper column. In a column, a thousand words must engage the reader, week in week out, whether or not the writer has anything urgent to say. A short deadline is less forgiving, allowing scant time for polishing and self-editing. On the other hand, stylistic idiosyncrasies that might become tiresomely repetitive in a longer format can be indulged, even encouraged – part of the charm.
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