![]() ![]() ![]() It tells the story of Thea, a landlady with a house full of students. I’ve read it three times and loved it each and every time. That's not a sign of a promising relationship, much less a healthy marriage! Jaysus, people, you don't have to marry the dude you meet in Chapter One! There are other fish in the sea!Īrtistic Licence is one of my favourite Katie Fforde novels. Her idea to open an art gallery just because of some hot caddish failed artist was very naive, and I kept rolling my eyes at its great success in the end.Īnd seriously, all Thea and Ben ever did was fight. I understand that Thea's artistic integrity or what-have-you was destroyed by her boyfriend before the book started, but.really? She gave up a promising career as a photojournalist to run a boarding house and work at a one-hour photo place? I sometimes feel that all Katie Fforde ever writes about are middle-class heroines who have done nothing with their life, tackling some huge ill-advised job or plan which (of course) succeeds brilliantly, and ultimately getting together with wealth(ier) alpha assholes of a higher social class. Previously, Going Dutch was my least favorite Katie Fforde book, but congrats Artistic License! You have now won the coveted title of "the worst Katie Fforde novel I have ever read." The writers she likes herself is also in the romantic genre, like Kate Saunders. Recently her old hobbies of ironing and housework have given way to singing, Flamenco dancing and husky racing. Katie lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England with her husband, some of her three children and many pets. However, I've been a member of the RNA for more years than I can actually remember and will have its very best interests at the core of everything I do." She is delighted to have been chosen as Chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association and says, "Catherine Jones was a wonderful chair and she's a very tough act to follow. Katie was elected the twenty-fifteenth Chairman (2009-2011) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She is the founder of the "Katie Fforde Bursary" for writers who have yet to secure a publishing contract. Published since 1995, her romance novels are set in modern-day England. She has previously worked both as a cleaning lady and in a health food cafe. She has three children: Guy, Francis and Briony and didn't start writing until after the birth of her third child. Katie married Desmond Fforde, cousin of the also writer Jasper Fforde. Her sister is fellow writer Jane Gordon-Cumming. Her grandfather was Sir William Gordon-Cumming. By using some dramatic license, the screenwriter can rework those parts into something that keeps the rest of the story flowing.Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born 27 September 1952 in England, UK, the daughter of Shirley Barbara Laub and Michael Willoughby Gordon-Cumming. Even the most dramatic true life story is bound to have some less-than-interesting details that wouldn't play well in a book or movie. I think some people complain about the overuse of artistic license, but they would probably not be happy with the end results if the writer didn't use it. ![]() They spent the entire time looking at each other and saying things like"Well, THAT never happened." and "I think the real madam would have hit him with a shovel by now." Once it became obvious to the audience that the story was mostly fictional, people started losing interest. When the musical premiered at the local theater, I sat with some older men who knew the real madam and boat captain. Both of these characters were based on real people, but they weren't exactly the loving couple portrayed in the musical. The two main characters were a rogue steamboat captain and the madam of an infamous local bordello. A few years ago, someone wrote a musical that was supposed to be about our city's "rough and rowdy" history. I don't mind the use of artistic license from time to time, but it really bothers me whenever the truth is sacrificed in favor of a good story. Does my Personal Essay Have to be Truthful?. ![]()
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