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Digital Subscription, Litro #163: Alternative Facts, Print Issues
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.
When I first read this piece I immediately felt alert, tense, curious, invited to reread, to guess, to be bounced about like a pinball on a fast glittery ride.
'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.
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.
A writing career requires, no less than in any other field, the ability to network.
Before my first novel came out I virtually never used social media.
One of the pleasures of writing fiction is the freedom you have to play around with time.
“A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.”- Tim O’Brien