When do you get your best ideas? Frosting a cake, working out, jogging, taking a shower, washing dishes, folding clothes, doodling: these are essentially mindless activities. You're not focused on critical thinking or problem solving. Your mind wanders. This is good for writers. The reason why is that writers often carry their work with them. The poem or story that they're currently working on is … [Read more...]
Channeling Intense Emotions with Writer Cheri L. R. Taylor
Susannah Suffolk struggles to defend her most public court case while she returns to Walloon Lake to arrange a funeral for her mother, in Cheri L. R. Taylor's debut novel, Leaving Walloon. Susannah is foggy with memories of her mother's tirades, the sound of a pot being banged on the kitchen counter, watching her meals fly out the door at her mother's hand, and punishment that came with pain. … [Read more...]
The Mourning Hours: a Novel set in the Rural Midwest
In some novels, setting exists as a character of its own, exerting forces that move the story forward. One such book is The Mourning Hours, authored by Paula Treick DeBoard, which takes place in rural Wisconsin. The story pivots on the disappearance of a sixteen-year old girl, Stacey Lemke. Her boyfriend, Johnny, the narrator's older brother and high school wrestling star, is the last person to … [Read more...]
The Dickens of Detroit, Elmore Leonard
Detroit’s own Elmore Leonard is quoted as saying “There are cities that get by on their good looks. Detroit has to work for a living.” He was born in New Orleans but moved to Detroit as a boy, and he’s hung around since, often using the setting for stories, or featuring Detroit characters in his stories. He was dubbed the Dickens of Detroit . He passed away this morning at 7:15, surrounded by … [Read more...]
The Art of Anthology: Futuredaze
The growing market for anthologies creates opportunities for publishers, editors, and writers. For writers, they get compensation of one kind or another; if not money, at least recognition and publishing credentials. Editors also get recognition and credentials, not to mention the satisfaction of putting together a decent publication. What does it take to compile an anthology? Where do you get … [Read more...]
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