Yes, it’s finally here. Almost a year (I think) after getting Poppy Cooks ‘The Food You Need’, I’m finally ready to write the review. Coincidentally, just as her new Air-Fryer book is coming out. So, as well as being a review of her last cookbook this may be able to tell you whether her new book is worth a gamble on. Let’s get started.
CHARACTERS IN THIS SCENE: PRINCE: The Prince of Medi. He dreams of a brighter future but is naïve to what his Father and others are really like. LIA: Princess of Medi, pretending to be a servant of the Independent Investigator from France. King Medi’s Palace Enter Prince Prince: You must say something. You must tell… Continue reading An Archaic Modern Play: Play On, Act 2, Scene 6
Yes, she thought. All the ideas I’d had. All the stories I’d written, turned down because it ‘didn’t quite fit’ or that I’d been made to re-write so it would ‘appeal to a greater audience’. She sighed, remembering when as a nineteen year old she’d made the promise to herself to always stay true to herself and be confident in what she wanted to write. She’d learned very quickly that to get anywhere in this industry you had to bend, at least slightly, to what other people said. Recently though it was like she was doing nothing except bending to what every other person wanted, or constantly considering what other people would think before she even had the opportunity to think of any story idea herself. There wasn’t an original idea left in her head, it seemed. Nineteen-year old her would be ashamed of what she’d become.
CHARACTERS IN SCENE: WILSON: An Independent Investigator from France, investigating allegations made by the people of Albion against the kingdom of Medi. ARMENIA/ARTHUR: Princess of Medi, pretending to be servant from Albion in order to aid the Independent in his investigation (and ultimately bring down her father and brother). LIA: Princess of Albion who lied… Continue reading An Archaic Modern Play: Play On, Act 2, Scene 5
The Literary Onion 