Five movie/television scenes that will inspire your suspense writing I pay attention when another author’s book captivates my attention. I’ll analyze the detail, pace, prose, and voice, and try to figure out what exactly it was that grabbed me. But, just as often, I’ll analyze an intriguing movie or television show to help my own […]
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An Evening With Wallace Shawn
An Evening With Wallace Shawn From time to time, pundits will opine on the lack of intellectuals and geniuses in our society, with many questioning over the past several years, “Where have all the philosophers gone?” Clearly, they haven’t looked diligently enough, because the geniuses, intellectuals, and philosophers remain firmly in our midst. In […]
A Deadly Seduction: Venice in Four Acts
A Deadly Seduction: Venice in Four Acts By Christine Evelyn Volker Love and death are inextricably bound in Venice: the beloved city slipping into watery doom; von Aschenbach’s desperate longing for the boy Tadzio, in Death in Venice; and the passionate verses of Lord Byron, a swimmer in her lagoon. Venice, the winking courtesan, assaults […]