I couldn't describe this as properly read as I only dipped into it, the only thing that caught my attention completely was a poem by Neil Gaimon
So you want to be a writer? Don't read this book.Alone With All That Could Happen is a wonderful, well thought out collection of essays on fiction writing, but it is not a “how to” guide or a simple refresher course. It is more akin to a work of philosophy than a primer for the contemporary author. ...
This is one of those books that had definite things I didn't like and things I did like. In the end, I have to say I enjoyed it but with caveats. Lott's writing here is as beautiful as usual and yes, he can write a good thriller. The downside is that sometimes he gets to pontificating on say, the gr...
Certainly everything it advertises to be, 'Flash Fiction' compiles the best of the briefest of short stories by some of the top writers in the field. In the short amount of time that they have, the stories pack a lot of punch and have some powerful imagery that probably wouldn't sustain itself in a ...
Set in the land around Charleston, South Carolina, this tale, not written by Pat Conroy, tells of a young (15) lad, Huger, and his blind uncle, Leland. “Unc” is the owner of a significant tract of land, used for generations as a hunt club, a place where the wealthy of Charleston, those who live ”Sou...
I liked this book. I *really* like the prose style of the author. I just didn't much like the story line, hence the 3 stars, rather than more. If I could, I'd give the author 5 stars for writing style, and 2 stars for story line. It just didn't much go anywhere. I kept reading because I felt li...
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