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Well, as a writer, I work with poetry (rarely anymore), fiction, and screenplays. The screenwriting is the most recent development, and I both enjoy and am frustrated by the … Continue reading >>
On Hurricane Island by writer Ellen Meeropol is a psychological/political thriller that follows five characters involved in a nightmarish crisis at a secret terrorist interrogation center on a small … Continue reading >>
In any story, there’s a narrator that is separate from the writer. Point of view concerns how the narrator tells the story, and this will determine how close the relationship between the narrator and … Continue reading >>
In the last two romances I read, the "hero" kisses the girl on the nose. It was something that pulled me right out of the romance, and suspended my belief in the story and the author. I just can't see … Continue reading >>
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 … Continue reading >>
This guest post is written by award-winning writer, my fellow alum and friend, Diana Muñoz Stewart, on a wonderful panel discussion from the recent AWP Conference in Chicago. Any writer who has … Continue reading >>
