When Vladimir Nabokov wrote he liked to use 3″ x 5″ cards which his wife typed up later as he dictated them. In Life magazine’s photo gallery, The Author of ‘Lolita’.

As I use notecards a lot to jot down memos as I travel I thought I might try this to actually finish my novel!

3 x 5 notecards for Lolita

The idea appeals to me, as there are only a few lines on the page. Not a whole page of white A4 making the prospect of filling it more daunting.

(Thanks to Stephani Spitzer.)

Word Book Night is an amazing event. A million books will be given away. Beautiful.

The books for the 2012 event have been announced. There are some cracking reads on there, the following of which I can heartily recommend:

• The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
• Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
• Let the Right One In – John Ajvide Lindqvist
• The Road – Cormac McCarthy
• Room – Emma Donoghue
• Touching The Void – Joe Simpson

Here’s my profile on Good Reads.