Author Archive: Emma Darwin

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This is Not a Book About Charles Darwin: a Writer’s Journey Through my Family

This is Not a Book About Charles Darwin: a Writer’s Journey Through my Family

The reviews are just beginning to come in. One calls This is Not a Book About Charles Darwin “charming”, another “witty and eloquent”, but a third praises its “naked courage and fiercely intelligent understanding”. I’m thrilled, but they don’t sound like the same book, do they? The thing is, right from the start, This is […]

February 12, 2019 | By | Reply More
Writing Advice…Past Tense or Present Tense?

Writing Advice…Past Tense or Present Tense?

Emma Darwin teaches creative writing and is currently working on her third novel.  We asked her if she could outline the advantages and disadvantages of Present Tense and Past Tense in writing. It’s one of the apparently simple, but huge, decisions you have to make, right at the beginning: will your main narrative be in […]

November 8, 2013 | By | 35 Replies More