Coming soon:
The world is dying in a strange new way in October 1918. Telly Barlow, an outcast but faithful servant to new "mommas" in deep Appalachian Virginia, battles disease and deprivation to shepherd four orphans through the winter of the Spanish flu pandemic.
However, it's missing two of the best: "Barn Burning," by William Faulkner (seriously, it's not on this list? Not even honorable mention?) and "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.
I want to start this post with the clarification that I enjoy Agatha Christie immensely. I have watched all the David Suchet Hercule Poirot programs (some of which digress or depart from the Christie
Adverbs are your friend that you need to break up with. Another piece of advice fiction writers are told to follow is to remove adverbs from their writing. And in some cases, adjectives. This again sh
I am thinking of writing a series of posts on why the typical advice fiction writers are given should be rethought, such as no adverbs and no "to be" verbs. Here is the first one. "To Be" Verbs in Fic