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I’ve just returned from a trip home to Texas. I took with me plenty of pens and paper, books and ideas; once I touched down and hooked up with family I hadn’t seen in years, though, everything but the loving fell to the wayside. So this Wednesday, I give you a re-post of an old …
Continue reading “You Talk Too Much: Balancing Dialogue and Narrative”
“Always, there had been so much about him she hadn’t understood. Always, something about her heart had remained unyielding, beyond his comprehension. But that was the point. So much remained beyond his comprehension.” ~ from “For Services Rendered” in Quiet Americans What is writing if not an exercise in understanding? Whether we write fiction or …
Continue reading “An Interview with Erika Dreifus, Author of Quiet Americans“
I found her, my fairy godmother. She’s short and spry and feisty. She wears a giant sombrero and spurred boots. She says things like “sugarfoot” and “Let’s get crackin'” and doesn’t think twice about firing that golden pistol of hers into the air. She appears out of nowhere, just in time. “What’s the matter with you, honey?” she …