Writing Under Giant Trees ~ A View From The Keyboard of Hosho McCreesh
On the wonderful Hypertext Magazine site, Hosho McCreesh spoke a bit about his intriguing new novel, CHINESE GUCCI, and his complicated narrator: “For me, Akira represents many things about America, and masculinity that I hate. In an almost allegorical sense, I want a reader to feel about Akira the way I feel about America. America is […]
The Writer’s Handful with Patricia Skalka
Mondays + Writers = Finally something to look forward to. Putting together your summer reading list? Looking for a smart, tough mystery to add to it? Check out the fist in the Dave Cubiak Mystery Series, DEATH STALKS DOOR COUNTY, the debut novel by Chicago author PATRICIA SKALKA. Publishers Weekly calls this book “A tight, lyrical […]
Writer’s Block? Nothing a Glass of Wine Can’t Cure ~ The View From Samantha Hoffman’s Keyboard
Samantha Hoffman‘s debut novel, What More Could You Wish For, is a delightful, friendly read that tells a story that will be familiar to so many of us of a certain (middle) age. With aging parents, lives filled with responsibilities and long-standing friendships, and the nagging suspicion that maybe there might be something we’ve missed, we baby […]
View From the Keyboard ~ Happy Birthday, Flannery O’Connor
“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.” ~ Flannery O’Connor: March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964)
Happy Birthday J.K. Rowling ~ View From the Keyboard
No story lives unless someone wants to listen. – J.K. Rowling, b. July 31, 1965
The Island of Ex-Boyfriends ~ Stacy Bierlein’s View From the Keyboard
If you are reading this View From the Keyboard today, Thursday, April 12, 2012, then you are in luck. Especially if you are anywhere close to Chicago. You see, Stacy Bierlein, my friend and fellow Elephant Rock Books author, will be reading tonight in Chicago at the very wonderful Book Cellar on Lincoln Avenue. 7 […]