Susan K. Perry's Blog: Creating in Flow, page 32
November 9, 2011
Talking with (Dead) Writers for Fun and Profit
"If you could meet one deceased literary figure, who would that be, what would you ask, what would you say. . . " That's the prompt for some imaginary time travel that was offered to 17 living writers.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
November 3, 2011
The Therapist Who Catches Bad Guys
For a change of pace, licensed psychotherapist Dennis Palumbo makes up stories about a therapist who solve murders in his spare time. He says he enjoys the "silent conversation" with himself that such creative work offers.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
October 28, 2011
Who's Worth Loving?
A sophisticated combination of detail and compassion, character and plot, make the novel GO LOVE a poignant pleasure.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
October 26, 2011
Would You (Should You) Change History?
Can you move your novel's plot along by means of time travel and not have it placed neatly into the science fiction category? The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen does that, while approaching history (and the future) with intelligence and sophistication.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
October 21, 2011
Which of These 4 Word Pairs Have Tripped You Up?
I've always been pretty good at grammar and spelling, but sometimes I make a mistake. Such errors haunt me...
Primary Topic:
Education
Primary Topic:
Education
October 17, 2011
Do You Ever Long for What Never Existed?
Immersing oneself in the product of someone else's creativity can give you that odd feeling of nostalgia for what never was and never could have been. I'm thinking of village-o-philia for those quaint villages you see in British films.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Nostalgia for What Never Existed
Immersing oneself in the product of someone else's creativity can give you that odd feeling of nostalgia for what never was and never could have been. I'm thinking of village-o-philia for those quaint villages you see in British films.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
October 13, 2011
Could You Empathize with a Sex Offender?
The latest novel by celebrated author Russell Banks takes on a particularly difficult subject, that of how sex offenders are treated. And he makes us care.
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
October 12, 2011
10 Books I Almost Ignored
Even some of the books I've looked forward to the most don't always fulfill their promise (or my personal bloated expectations). Here are 10 examples of books I almost wasn't going to write about...
Primary Topic:
Creativity
Primary Topic:
Creativity
October 7, 2011
He Was So Nice. Could He Be a Killer?
Keeping secrets can be fun, even exciting. But not when you find out you're the one who's been fooled. It's a shock to learn that you were just as gullible as many hundreds of others.
Primary Topic:
Law and Crime
Primary Topic:
Law and Crime
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