Meriah CrawfordWhy Willie Collins’ novel The Two Destinies is crap and you shouldn’t read itI recently finished reading (via audiobook) The Two Destinies, by Wilkie Collins. He's famous for his novels The Woman in White and The…Aug 25Aug 25
Meriah CrawfordMarie CorelliA Great British Author You’ve Probably Never Heard OfJun 24, 2023Jun 24, 2023
Meriah CrawfordA Writer’s Look at The Beautiful and Damned, by F. Scott FitzgeraldThis is such a beautifully written book. I was quite surprised because the only thing of his I recall reading in the past is The Great…Nov 9, 2021Nov 9, 2021
Meriah CrawfordThe not-so-glamorous side of private investigationsA case I worked on recently made me think it might be useful for writers, and interesting for others, if I talked about some of the…Oct 8, 2021Oct 8, 2021
Meriah CrawfordMy Tumultuous and Inconstant Love Affair with Ebook ReadersI longed for an ebook reader for many years before they even existed. I tore through books at lightning speed and fantasized about having a…Aug 8, 2021Aug 8, 2021
Meriah CrawfordMeriah’s Kitchen (and Life) Hacks Part 2: The Principle of QualityThere’s a great quote from Terry Pratchett’s novel Men at Arms that illustrates this principle well, while also raising one of the problems…Jul 22, 2021Jul 22, 2021
Meriah CrawfordThe Dangers of Writing About the ApocalypseA couple of years ago I wrote the first 65,000 words of a post-apocalyptic novel: a version of our future where a great many of us…Jul 15, 20211Jul 15, 20211