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Mike Owens Tapping into the creative process and following wherever your characters take you. Many highly successful novelists have said that sometimes they feel…moreTapping into the creative process and following wherever your characters take you. Many highly successful novelists have said that sometimes they feel like typists, just setting down what their characters tell them to write. Where does this come from? Anne Lamott says it comes from a gremlin that lives in her basement. On good days, he sends her great stuff, on bad days, not so much. But it's a great ride either way.(less)
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A book review: The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II. By Svetlana Alexievich


The term “tour de force” is applied so frequently it has lost most of its punch, but in the case of this remarkable book, it fits perfectly. Very serious and challenging stuff here. The author has undertaken and compiled, by means of face-to-face interviews, a first-person account of the exper Read more of this blog post »
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Ramachandran is uniquely qualified to tackle this very difficult and intricate subject. He is Distinguished Professor in the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at U. Cal., San Diego. He has a previous book, Phantoms in the Brain. As the ...more
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