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FROM OUR ARCHIVES: It seems a fitting time to declare that there is nothing out there as potent as black comedy to capture the absurdity of life in our time.
Arts & Culture, Column, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, The Litro Blog
About surviving chaos, reading, and writing.
She is right; research can be a double-edged sword. Too little of it and you are left with sketchy facts and errors that weaken your plot’s credibility.
Women who defy conventional definitions of “likeability” have a certain unforgettable quality. In literature as in life, they are far more memorable than their bland counterparts.
Refugees and their stories have featured in literature from time immemorial. They are cast in heroic roles in the Bible and the Koran.
'Feats, Times and Life', On Writing
…the movie adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel – got me thinking about the tricky leap the printed word makes to the silver screen.
Who lays down the law about that which can and cannot be said in public? Who decides what a writer can speak/write about?
Grief, while hard to bear in life, often makes better fodder for fiction than happiness.
On a residency, perspective dawns. The work is all that matters, you realize. The rest is noise.
One of the pleasures of writing fiction is the freedom you have to play around with time.
Magic can happen when a fiction writer splits open a fact and leads the reader deep into its heart. History becomes human and relatable.