Wanted Man – by Lee Child, $27.95 HC / $13.99 E Creative writing professors have been stuck on James Joyce for too long. I think a hundred years of exaltation is plenty for a dead guy. Professors who want to be relevant in the 21st Century should start teaching Lee Child. Where Joyce challenged the […]
Review: Stolen Prey
Reviewed by Seeley James Stolen Prey – Author John Sandford – 101,355 words, $27.95 HC / $12.99 E The one thing that makes John Sandford stand out is his Pulitzer Prize winning writing. Oh. And his thrilling stories. … And his deep, developed characters. Right. Three things that make him stand out are his writing, […]
On Writing 1: Architecture
Our goal as writers is to craft a story so interesting that strangers will pay money to hear it. It is mid-2012 and hundreds of thousands of writers have come out of the closet. Most are looking for a marketing method to make them rich by writing e-books. Many bloggers leading the way maintain fairly […]