Book Club Announcement: The Novelist
Laura has about 30 days to write a novel before the calendar strikes September. And me? I have about 59 minutes to write an announcement about our next book club before the clock strikes twelve. When I...
View ArticleThe Novelist: What’s the Big Idea in Fiction?
One thing is certain. Lying on the floor is no way to write an article. I can tell you, all you’re going to figure out is that your vacuuming is overdue. And that you have a massive and growing cobweb...
View ArticleThe Novelist: Fiction with Character(s)
Who is the damned tea basket? That’s what I want to know. I’ve read my share of books by authors I know personally. But there’s a certain added complexity–unexpected–in reading a work of fiction by an...
View ArticleThe Novelist: Where Fiction Begins
I can’t get past Frankenstein. So, good. That’s my “anywhere.” Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Twice in The Novelist, a character quotes L.L. Barkat (yes, when you write your novel, you can have your...
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