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in Non-fiction, ReviewsThe Guardian: Head Hand Heart by David Goodhart
Do too many people now go to university? And shouldn’t manual work and care work be more valued? A timely but flawed polemic…
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Five Ways to Create Memorable Characters by Ellen Birkett Morris
I wrote about the experiences of lots of different women in Lost Girls, but I had the same goal with each character, that she be unforgettable. Here are some of the things I did to make my characters stand out: The things she carries. Objects are a great way into character. When Teri, a waitress, […] More
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Gerry Huntman’s Guardian of the Sky Realms Playlist
Gerry Huntman shared an amazing music video playlist to go with his new middle-grade fantasy, Guardian of the Sky Realms. You can enter a giveaway for a $50 giftcard. Maree Webster—an “almost-emo” from the western suburbs of Sydney—hates school, has few friends, and is obsessed with angels and fallen angel stories. Life is boring until […] More
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Foreword Reviews: Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
Fresh Water for Flowers: Though much of it is set among the dead, Valérie Perrin’s “Fresh Water for Flowers” is an exuberant novel whose thoughtful treatments of family tragedies are alchemistic. Abandoned at birth, Violette was shunted between disinterested foster…
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The Five Places that Created the Backdrop of Sybelia Drive
by Karin Cecile Davidson The five places that created the backdrop of Sybelia Drive: Anna Clara, the fictional small lake town in 1960s/70s central Florida, in which most of the story takes place. Quiet, mostly working class and military families, conservative with a good dousing of progressive attitudes, thanks to the liberal arts college at […] More
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Entropy: August and September 2020 Small Press Releases
Curated list of small press releases curated by Jacob Singer.
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ARIRANG TV: Q & A with creator of ‘Grass’ a graphic novel
‘Grass’ for victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery풀, 일본군 위안부 피해 할머니를 그리다 More
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Five Things I Learned About Submitting and Publishing Short Stories While Writing “A Place Remote”
by Gwen Goodkin Themed Issues/Contests are worth a try. My first published short story won the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction. While this wasn’t a themed contest, the story I submitted, “A Boy with Sense,” was about a boy on a farm which aligned with Steinbeck’s writing. Another story in the collection, “Waiver,” won Black Fox […] More
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Foreword Reviews: The Runaways by Farima Bhutto
The Runaways: Three teenagers, bent by circumstances beyond themselves, run headlong into the dark realities of the modern world in Fatima Bhutto’s stunning novel “The Runaways”. Anita Rose is “everything and nothing at once,” according to her friend…
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Seb Doubinsky’s The Invisible Playlist
Seb Doubinsky shared his playlist for his new book, The Invisible, which releases 8/11/20 (Meerkat Press). His publisher is also giving away a $50 giftcard so be sure to scroll down for all of the details. The Invisible is a masterfully written dystopian noir in Seb Doubinsky’s City-States Cycle books. It’s election time in New Babylon, […] More
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