Author Q&A with Shelley Blanton-Stroud Could you tell us about your latest novel, Tomboy? Set in the 1930s, Tomboy is about Jane Benjamin, an ambitious young woman struggling to balance her desire to prove herself in the competitive world of gossip journalism against her obligation to family and friends and her obligation to tell the truth. The […]
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The Challenges of Storytelling
The Challenges of Storytelling By: Nev March I’m reading Chandler’s The Long Goodbye, and just like that, a line had me tearing up. What was the line? A cop tells Philip Marlowe that he’s been wasting his time trying to clear the name of his dead friend, Terry Lennox. He says, “And he wasn’t much […]
Top 10 Seismic Twists in Contemporary Fiction
Top 10 Seismic Twists in Contemporary Fiction By: Will Dean Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Atmospheric, poignant, claustrophobic. Lehane develops his characters so beautifully that they feel real. And then he hits you with one of the most satisfying twists ever created. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters A humdinger of a twist (in a novel […]