It is a truth universally acknowledged that writers in possession of a good story must be in want of an equally good ending. In my own writing (and, I've been told, in many others' as well) the number of stories started is disproportionate to the number finished, regardless of polishing. Is it a sign of… Continue reading End It: Short Story, Long Story
Month: December 2018
Belle Banishing the Beast (and why she shouldn’t have)
Over Christmas, I was thinking about watching some Once Upon a Time. It just feels like a Christmas sort of show. Having watched most of the series three times, "once upon a time" as a title doesn't express the half of it. I've watched it over with people just seeing it for the first time,… Continue reading Belle Banishing the Beast (and why she shouldn’t have)
Dickens Understood Pirates
Pirates of the Caribbean, Gibbs and Jack/Bleak House quote Reminder to self to keep reading Dickens this Christmas--A Christmas Carol down, three more Christmas books to go.
Emphasis on “Historical,” Weak on “Fiction”: The Dante Club and The Blackest Bird
Two summers ago, I read two historical fiction books in pretty close succession, both mysteries, that, while gripping enough in the act of reading, I found less than satisfying afterwards. I was a bit puzzled as to why this was, because one of them, The Dante Club, was written by an author I had previously… Continue reading Emphasis on “Historical,” Weak on “Fiction”: The Dante Club and The Blackest Bird
Book VS Film
Every now and then you hear somebody whining about how awful such-and-such a movie adaptation was and how much better its book was and "oh my goodness, if you liked the movie at all or watched it before you read the book you are such a traitor and don't deserve to be mentioned in the… Continue reading Book VS Film
Stories Are Ideas
Let me just say, the eReader vs. paper book rivalry is rather a non-issue with me. I personally think that electronic books, be it on an iPhone, computer, or eReader, will not and never can replace a physical book with a beautiful marred, scarred binding and histories of past readers and places pressed in pages… Continue reading Stories Are Ideas
Fictitiously Yours 