Chick Lit is Dead, Lover Lit is In
posted about 12 hours ago | 1 comment
The current memoir by a middle-aged woman named Mimi Alford about her affair with President John F. Kennedy when she was a 19-year-old White House intern heralds a new genre in the book business, Lover Lit.
Mrs. Alford’s “coming out” reveals her ...
Mrs. Alford’s “coming out” reveals her ...
On Rejection and Renewal
posted 7 days ago | 1 comment
You’ve spent months, perhaps years, composing your novel. You’ve read and reread it hundreds of times. You’ve rethought it, rewritten it, and revised it, changed characters, dialogue, and plot lines. Writing it is the most important thing in your ...
The Movies: A Fading Flame
posted 11 days ago | 0 comments
At the outset, let me state unequivocally that I have had a lifetime love affair with the movies. The affair spans the golden age of Hollywood films and as evidence of this heartfelt attachment, I can name most of the actors in black and white fil...
Author, Author
posted 11 days ago | 0 comments
For centuries, the author of a book has been a revered figure, a symbol of intellectual achievement, wisdom and wit, brilliance and, above all, prestige. Indeed, the book, whatever its contents, has been an item of iconic significance.
It is no w...
It is no w...
The Iron Lady
posted 21 days ago | 2 comments
The Iron Lady is an interesting example of the limits of movie biography and the manner in which contemporary political and social trends leak into motion picture storytelling.
Starring the incomparable Meryl Streep, whose unique talent allows he...
Starring the incomparable Meryl Streep, whose unique talent allows he...
Will the Tablet Kill the Novel?
posted 28 days ago | 2 comments
The electronic punditry, with their technological, elitist mindset, is now making noises that the single-use e-readers like Kindle, Nook and the SONY Reader are merely stopgap devices that will one day merge into the tablet, offering immersion rea...
The Artist, the Pinnacle of the Movie Maker's Art
posted 29 days ago | 0 comments
There is a subtle subtext in the movie, The Artist, which powerfully grabs your imagination in ways that define the essence of storytelling and the manner in which movies can reach into the emotional truth of the human condition.
Something stunni...
Something stunni...
Leaving Well Enough Alone
posted about 1 month ago | 1 comment
I have always enjoyed the books of John le Carré and greatly admired the elegant prose, the subtle nuanced plot constructions and robust characterizations of people engaged in conspiratorial endeavors.
He was clearly a master of the narrative of ...
He was clearly a master of the narrative of ...
A Smorgasbord of Kinky Sex
posted about 1 month ago | 3 comments
Having read all three of Stieg Larsson’s novel trilogy featuring his super heroine Lisbeth Salander, and having seen all three of the Swedish movies adapted from those books as well as the American version, I have arrived at one conclusion.
The S...
The S...
So Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
posted about 1 month ago | 3 comments
I have written often about the three questions invariably asked of authors. The first two engender simple and straightforward answers: “When do you write?” A simple answer suffices marking the time of day; the second question is “How do you write?...
