Susan K. Perry's Blog: Creating in Flow, page 37
May 7, 2011
I'm Normal, Are You?
I'm not a clinical psychologist -- I only play one online. Actually I'm the kind of psychologist without a license to do therapy. Though I sometimes attempt to "diagnose" my friends and acquaintances, when I come up with characters for my fiction, I want them to be realer than real.
April 29, 2011
Can You Procrastinate Yourself to Death?
David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel, The Pale King, is an oddity, but brilliant. I will only point out a few aspects to encourage readers, and especially Wallace fans, not to miss it.
April 25, 2011
7 Surprising Facts About Animals (And Us)
Think of morality as an organ, like a nose. Its function, then, is to "negotiate the inherent conflict between self and others." And, of course, understood in that way, animals certainly do have moral lives. Here are a few fascinating facts to ponder...
April 20, 2011
Good Grief, Bad Grief?
One of my favorite themes is that of loss. Some of the best writers have based their best works on how it feels to lose a loved one, and yet the psychology of loss and grieving has been shortchanged by the "five-stages theory."
April 16, 2011
Build A Book with Twigs and String
Novels by certain authors evoke feelings that are cozy yet profoundly literary. Cathleen Schine is one of these for me. In her latest, The Three Weissmanns of Westport, she pays humorous homage to Jane Austen with unpredictable results.
April 7, 2011
8 Ways NOT to Write for Children
Many people think it's easy to write a children's book (and get it published). It's not. Don't do these 8 things some would-be authors have done...
April 3, 2011
How to Write for Children Without Injuring Your Brain
A famous British author recently insulted a great many people by saying he'd consider writing for children only if he had a brain injury. So I thought it would be fun to interview a talented author of children's books, Joanne Rocklin, to find out what writing for children is really like.
How to Write for Children without Injuring Your Brain
A famous British author recently insulted a great many people by saying he'd consider writing for children onkly if he had a brain injury. So I thought it would be fun to interview a talented author of children's books, Joanne Rocklin, to find out what writing for children is really like.
March 20, 2011
8 Fresh Bookish Tidbits
If you're anything like me, you enjoy reading books related to books. In-depth or "trivia," anything to do with literature, authors, and words is entertaining, perhaps inspiring. Today's post...
March 11, 2011
Showering with Psychos
I heard someone say recently that he didn't like Hitchcock films."They're all the same, like they're made by computer." I got a good a laugh from that, as Hitchcock worked hard to avoid repeating himself, noting, "Style is self-plagiarism." On Alfred Hitchcock Day, it's a good time to reflect on his creativity and to highlight a book about the making of Psycho.
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