http://www.jonathanleebooks.com com_fireboard en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:12:15 -0400 http://www.jonathanleebooks.com/components/com_fireboard/template/default/images/english/emoticons/fb_rsspower.gif http://www.jonathanleebooks.com 88 http://www.jonathanleebooks.com/index.php/forum?func=view&id=4&catid=6 Singapore fiction writers who have reached the international market are so few that when one or the other does so, he and she is worthy of mention in our national newspapers. Yet the local market is too small for fiction writing to be a meaningful career. To make that leap into the international market, local writers need to band together to help each other improve the quality of their works and to link up with the international publishing community. Do you agree?... http://www.jonathanleebooks.com/index.php/forum?func=view&id=3&catid=5 One can find fiction published in Singapore that contain beautiful gems in prose marred by sprinklings of arkward sentences and phrases. This suggests that we do not have sufficient editing resources in Singapore. The writer is heady with the excitement of his world of imagination. He transfers his visions into beautiful prose. Too much description and his readers' minds begin to wander. Too little, and his readers fail to connect with his vision. Swarmed by his visions, it is difficult for the writer to de... http://www.jonathanleebooks.com/index.php/forum?func=view&id=2&catid=7 I am fascinated with a website www.warrenfarrell.com that carried his articles (Divorced Dad Volcano) and (Gender Divide). This is a remarkable man who sat on the Board of the National Organisation for Women (New York City). He noted that children do almost as well after divorce if : (a) the child has equal time with mom and dad; (b) parents live close enough so that the child maintains links with school, friends and activities when he stays with mom or dad; and (c) mom and dad do not bad-mouth each other. ...