An interesting collection of short stories by an eclectic array of writers. I was given the brief that ‘Stories: All-new Tales’, edited by Neil Gaiman ...
Last night we ventured out to watch The Birmingham Stage Company’s adaptation of ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton. If you don’t ...
A heartrending autobiographical essay about the mess Sam Lipsyte made of his life before age twenty-five has echoes in his fiction, Philip Connors says.
Nicholson Baker distinguishes between contingent and chronic literary influences: “with Updike, when I disagree with him, there is an element of pain, of emotional rupture.” ...
Your basic story dynamic is the Protagonist (the character who owns the story) struggles with . . .The Antagonist (the character who if removed will ...
Last week was quite interesting. Wild Ride, a NY Times bestseller in hardcover, co-written with Jennifer Crusie, was released in mass market paperback by St. ...