Photo Credit: Commedia dell'arte Scene in an Italian Landscape, Peeter van Bredael, 17th/18th century, detail, oil on canvas: FA2010/Wikimedia Commons/PD Old 100 “‘At the bottom of every process of obtaining creative material for our work is emotion.’” (Stanislavsky, Chap. V, pg. 101; emphasis added) Last week, I had the honor of being a guest on … Continue reading Resistentialism
Here’s the February post for the Author Dream Series where guest authors talk about their writing dreams. Please welcome author Christina Hoag! When I was about six years old, I won a prize for “writing interesting stories” so I think writing was a gift I was born with. As a kid, I loved books – … Continue reading Author Dream Series: Christina Hoag
One of the most famous editors who was known to be the writer’s collaborator was Maxwell Perkins. As editor of Scrivener’s, he infamously nurtured the talents of writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe. Photo Credit: Photo of Maxwell Perkins, 1943, New York World Telegram and Sun newspaper, Library of Congress Prints … Continue reading The Author-Editor Partnership
Photo Credit: Vintage retro antique radio photo, created February 26, 2016 by Lubos Houska: LubosHouska/ Pixabay/CC0 1.0 I am so excited to post my first radio interview! A friend of mine, author/performer/radio host Jovelyn Richards chatted with me for KPFA’s Cover to Cover Open Book about my new release Gnarled Bones and Other Stories. You … Continue reading Radio Interview on KPFA Radio
Anais Nin had a dream of a houseboat which led her to write the short story “Houseboat” which appeared in her collection Under a Glass Bell and Other Stories, and also to rent a houseboat on the Seine in the 1930’s. Photo Credit: Houseboats, Loch Lomond, George Leslie Hunter, 1924: Pimbrils/Wikimedia Commons/PD Old 70 “Why … Continue reading Dream: Influence of Dreams on Reality
Here’s a great chance to win a mega Amazon gift card just in time for Valentine’s Day and connect with great authors! The grand prize is a $190 Amazon gift card. There will also be 26 winners who will get a free ebook (one of them might be mine). The giveaway will run between February … Continue reading February Valentine’s Social Media Giveaway
Photo Credit: Freud with some of his followers. Otto Rank is standing behind Freud’s chair. 1922. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: Prosopee/Wikimedia Commons/PD EU no author disclosure “[I]f we want to catch glimpses of the truths that govern human culture and behavior, we must open ourselves to the wisdom, no matter how surprising … Continue reading Strangers Working in Strange Lands
