Do writers need their own workspace? The great thing about being a writer is you can write just about anywhere with a notebook and pen or a laptop. At the same time, it's important to have a special corner or cubby in your home where you can't wait to sit down and get to work. We did some shifting of rooms in our 1914 house and I finally have a space that's mine, all mine-- a 12' x 10' bedroom … [Read more...]
As a Writer, You Have the Power
You have the power. This is from one of those feel-good Facebook pages about living an enlightened life. Forget the deeper meaning; I think it's appropriate for fiction writers. If you don't like the ending of your novel or short story, change it. Go in a different direction. You have that power. You are not stuck. And, unlike real life, you can always go back to where you had before... … [Read more...]
End Your Novel with a Push to the Future
Hitting the right note at the end of a novel can be tricky. Wrapping things up too neatly, leaving your protagonist smiling, often rings false. So what are an author's options? Molly Giles wrote a terrific essay in "The Writer’s Chronicle" in which she described various types of story endings, from the Happily Ever After Ending, such as when Max in Where The Wild Things Are returns home from … [Read more...]
Holy Liberace!
Before Elvis, before Elton John and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace. HBO's movie, "Behind the Candelabra," about Liberace and his affair with Scott Thorson, captures the famed pianist in all his excesses. The designers did a fabulous job recreating his flamboyant lifestyle, lavish homes and extravagant costumes -- and talk about extreme fashion. Liberace had rhinestone and fur costumes that weighed … [Read more...]
Victorian Pop Fiction Writer Maria Corelli
Marie Corelli's 1886 novel Thelma, a Norwegian Princess resulted in a flood of baby girls named Thelma, a name she apparently created. One of those babies was my own mother, born in 1921. My grandmother had told my mother she was named after a book, or a character in a book, that she loved. Curiosity piqued, I began to research books with that title, and learned about an amazing writer. Mocked by … [Read more...]
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