Thoughts – Page 5 – Jonathan K. Benton

My favourite first sentences – in no particular order. Jonathan K Benton

jonathan / November 4, 2013

Without a great book to support them, the following sentences might not have been so great. Each sentence appeals to […]

jonathan / October 20, 2013

Ngaire Atmore Pattison reviews A Wicked Kind of Dark for The New Zealand Herald: ‘The debut novel from a Kiwi

jonathan / October 13, 2013

If A Wicked Kind of Dark was a movie, who would play the leads? The cast I came up with

jonathan / September 29, 2013

When Jonathan kindly (and perhaps a little too trustingly) invited me to do a guest blog, I was befittingly flattered.

jonathan / August 10, 2013

I never thought I’d write about this – some things are too personal. But recently someone brought to my attention

jonathan / July 23, 2013

1) If you’re going through hell, keep going – Winston Churchill Thank goodness for Winston. This quote has inspired me

jonathan / July 14, 2013

If I were a vampire, I would feed exclusively on the worst criminals society vomited up. Food supply is essential.

jonathan / July 4, 2013

Authors know this rule well: show, don’t tell. It’s an important rule, possibly the most important. Readers don’t appreciate being

jonathan / June 28, 2013

When I was at primary school I started to notice that girls were much prettier than boys. I even had

jonathan / June 21, 2013

It seems logical that if a country with a population of 5.4 million circa can create a highly successful publicly