None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
When you’ve been a writing teacher for as long as I have, it’s impossible to read a novel, especially a[…]
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Voice Over Artistry: Lucinda Gainey
When I decided to put my books into Audible, I searched for the right narrator for the Trudy Genova Mysteries.[…]
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In Defense of Daydreaming, Wasting Time, and Libraries
“Doesn’t pay attention in class.”
That was a common remark on my school report cards, along with “tends to daydream,” and “head in the clouds.” I know because my mom was a saver, and I still have a box of those early evaluations. To her credit, I don’t remember a single time she berated me for not coming home with all A’s.
Perseverance
The first time I saw Brian Thiem, he was reading from his novel, Red Line, and I was awed. Not[…]
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Autofiction
One could argue that all fiction is autofiction, to a degree. After all, we can only experience the world through[…]
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An interview with Elizabeth Crowens
Award-winning novelist Elizabeth Crowens has kindly stopped by to answer some questions about the Golden Age of Hollywood, Sherlock Holmes[…]
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That voice was a deathless song…
Who said that about whom? Of course, that’s how F. Scott Fitzgerald, through Nick, described Daisy Buchanan’s voice in The[…]
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3 Books for Vacation Reading
Having a school age kid has meant that my vacations generally rotate around school breaks. As a result, last week[…]
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Plagiarism
No, I’m not writing about college presidents and billionaire wives’ dissertations. I’m writing about plagiarism as plot in some of[…]
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Bookshelves and what’s on ’em
The place we keep our treasured books varies from reader to writer, providing inspiration and research, but who knew bookshelves[…]
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