Susan K. Perry's Blog: Creating in Flow, page 27
August 8, 2012
Heads Up! Or on a Plate?
Neurosurgeon carves out creative new career as thriller writer. His latest novel echos the news with a fast-paced tale of body snatchers.
August 5, 2012
Would You Fight the Gestapo?
There's nothing like reading about a moral quandary to get your blood stirring. When you have to make the hardest choices, do you put your principles first, or your relationships, or your own life?
August 3, 2012
Herzog's Hypnotic Heart
The key to Werner Herzog's creative process in the film Heart of Glass was unlike that of other directors. Here's the story...
July 30, 2012
Does Holy War Make Demons of Us All?
Is it possible to get beyond a lack of trust to find commonalities and hope in the Middle East? One scholar writes creatively on the subject.
July 22, 2012
Get Inspired Daily: Six Tips and Three Prompts
Think of writing a novel as a marathon. Read books about how to do it, including these two new ones.
Get Inspired Daily: 6 Tips & 3 Prompts
Think of writing a novel as a marathon. Read books about how to do it, including these two new ones.
July 17, 2012
Could You Be a Good Spy?
What make a good spy novel (or a good spy)? In Simon Mawer's Trapeze, based on WW II history, the suspense builds to the point where, when the Nazis appear, readers feel actual anxiety.
July 11, 2012
They've Been Doing It, Creatively, Since 1660
Lives of the Novelists is a titillating peek into the lives of 294 writers, leavened with wit and enriched by lesser-known anecdotes.
June 30, 2012
Mind Your Monkey Mind
You know how your mind sometimes races around, obsessing over something that some part of you knows isn't worth all that distress? Out of two new anxiety memoirs, I loved one.
June 21, 2012
How Classy Is Your TV Taste?
It's hard to be an elitist American lover of British TV anymore. Suddenly some of the good stuff is being carried by super-warehouse Costco.
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