Carla - an ex-child star is now the owner of “The Point” - a writer’s retreat in La Jolla. The titular “Amy” is a 70-something author and ex-writing coach - a bit of a hermit but with a soft spot for some of the members of her last workshops. Writing: 5/5 Characters: 4/5 Plot: 4/5 Enjoyment: 5/5 Stay tuned for book two which I’ll be reading next… Author bibliobloggityboo Posted on AugCategories General Fiction, literary fiction, Mystery Tags book review, humourous, Jincy Willett, The Writing Class, writer's process Leave a comment on The Writing Class by Jincy Willett (Mystery / Fiction) Amy Among the Serial Killers by Jincy Willett (Audio Book / Mystery) She includes brilliant commentary on writers, readers, and the writing process. She’s right - they do look funny! And I hadn’t really ever considered how words could look funny as I’m too busy absorbing them at max rate. My favorite - her list of “funny looking words.” This included prepuce, piebald, knothole and obnubilate. The writing is excellent - at least three cuts above your typical genre fiction. This member leaves nasty grams for students, which is bad enough, but when two members suddenly drop dead, things get a little … tense. This is the story of a writing class, taught by the anti-social and acerbic Amy Gallup - who appears to have a “sniper” member. Still liked it but it is very strange knowing “whodunit” from the beginning! Unfortunately I read book three first so I already knew the resolution of this one.
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