It Means a Lot to MeThe first time I was ever invited to Benny’s house, he was dead. Now the farmhouse loomed before me, a place I had never been, but one that…Jan 3Jan 3
How to Read Literary Fiction!Strange to write about how to read, no? But, although seventy percent of the readers of my literary crime fiction novel…May 28, 2024May 28, 2024
Who Can Write a Good Literary Fiction Novel?Writing a good literary fiction novel requires a combination of talent, skill, and dedication. While there is no single “type” of person…Jul 17, 20231Jul 17, 20231
What Sets Literary Fiction Apart from Genre Fiction?My novel “Entanglement — Quantum and Otherwise” was promptly classified as Literary Fiction by my publicist. So the immediate question…Sep 3, 20201Sep 3, 20201
The WallThe wall protected the river from falling bodies, the harangued kind.Aug 23, 2020Aug 23, 2020
Is There a Right Age to Be a Writer?In 2010, writer Jim C. Hines conducted a survey of professional novelists. He wanted to know how writers broke into the business, and what…Sep 21, 2019Sep 21, 2019
What Makes a Novel Hard — and Is a Difficult Novel Worth Reading?“…riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle…Sep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019