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August 25, 2015
Juliette Binoche on Regret and Jealousy
If you loved films like Chocolat, The English Patient, and more recently 1,000 Times Goodnight, you are no stranger to Juliette Binoche. She has acted in over 40 feature films and has won all sorts of awards. An acclaimed actor, she is also a versatile, intelligent and creative woman.
I ran across a recent webchat sponsored by ...
August 11, 2015
One Writer’s Heroic Journey
Susan Gabriel is an award-winning author of a seven novels and a Kirkus Best Book Award of 2012. In the month of August, The Heroic Journal takes a look at her personal heroic journey and how she found her way from being a psychotherapist to a highly acclaimed author:
This is the beginning of an interview I did recently for my friend Missy...
July 22, 2015
Letters to a Fiction Writer
I’ve been going through papers from different writer’s conferences and writing workshops I’ve attended over the years, and I found a short excerpt from a book called Letters to a Fiction Writer. I don’t think this advice is just for fiction writers, but for anyone who has something they need to express creatively. See what...
July 17, 2015
10 Reasons Why I Refuse to Read Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
As a southern writer who has revered and admired Harper Lee for decades and considers her classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the best southern novels of all time, I will not be reading Go Set a Watchman, the just published second novel by Lee.
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about how excited I was that a new manuscript had been found...
July 7, 2015
From the Front Porch Interview: Author Alison Ruth
Our latest guest on From the Front Porch: Creativity Interviews is author, Alison Ruth. Alison’s publisher got in touch with me last year to do a blurb for her debut novel, Near-Mint Cinderella. Whenever I’m asked to do a book blurb, I’m a little afraid that I won’t like the book and that it will be hard to come up with...
June 29, 2015
Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale
In this wonderful poem called Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale, South Carolina poet Dan Albergotti offers some practical and creative advice on how to make the best of the situation. I venture to say that even people who say they aren’t into poetry will like this poem, but I could be wrong.
See what you think.
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June 25, 2015
From the Front Porch: Interview with John Grabowski
This week’s guest for From the Front Porch: Creativity Interviews is John Grabowski. John has been following my blog since the early years (I started it in 2008!), and has been a frequent commenter. We developed an email friendship as he worked on his forthcoming novel, Entertaining Welsey Shaw. On his blog he has some really interesting...
June 18, 2015
Kirkus Reviews My Latest Novel, Temple Secrets
Esteemed book reviewer, Kirkus Reviews, has weighed in on my latest southern gothic novel, Temple Secrets. It’s always a relief when these reviews don’t involve any weeping on my part, unless it’s joyful weeping, which I’ve been known to do, too. Here’s what Kirkus has to say about Temple Secrets:
The secrets...
June 16, 2015
From the Front Porch: Missy Bradley-Ball
A quick note about the title of this series, From the Front Porch:
Here in the South, we love our front porches. They are where we get to know our neighbors and take a load off with our friends. Ideally, I would invite Missy here to my house, we’d sit with a glass of iced tea, and I’d interview her while a cool breeze moved through...
June 8, 2015
Coming Attractions: Creativity Interviews
To me, life is just one big experiment. I’m a creative person, so experimenting comes naturally. Writers and painters and other creative types do it all the time. We’re always wondering: What would happen if I did this? We tweak, we stretch our creative muscles and challenge ourselves to try new things, whether it’s a point of view character...
