Our Indian driver and guide parked us a few strides from a pink-and-black-nosed young tiger with blond teddy bear ears… Read more TIGER PARK by Cecily Winter
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THE PANIC BUTTON
A short autobiographical piece recently published by the CABINET OF HEED read here or at http://cabinetofheed.com by Cecily Winter… Read more THE PANIC BUTTON
NEIL GAIMAN’S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2008) AND RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894)
A BORROWED PLOT. Apart from similar titles, the links between these two wonderful novels are many, including the detailed descriptions… Read more NEIL GAIMAN’S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2008) AND RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894)
FIVE STAR AND ONE STAR DIALECTS:
The Gotham Writers’ Workshop’s WRITING FICTION (2003): “Dialect is like walking on eggshells—tread carefully. It’s tough to do well, and… Read more FIVE STAR AND ONE STAR DIALECTS:
FIVE STAR REVIEW OF WRITING HOW-TO WITH ROY PETER CLARK
WRITING TOOLS (10th edition) by ROY PETER CLARK I was totally amazed by the comprehensiveness of this paperback book (it is… Read more FIVE STAR REVIEW OF WRITING HOW-TO WITH ROY PETER CLARK
SALLY ROONEY’S NORMAL PEOPLE
NORMAL PEOPLE (Faber and Faber 2018) While Sally Rooney’s novel is in no way derivative, she appears to have fashioned… Read more SALLY ROONEY’S NORMAL PEOPLE
HOW TO BE A BETA READER: pun intended
SO WHAT IS A BETA CRITIQUE? IT IS NOT A ROMAN ARENA FOR A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. Agents… Read more HOW TO BE A BETA READER: pun intended
ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HORATIO: Copyright and art by Cecily Winter Dec. 2019 “Anything is possible,” Hamlet used to say as… Read more ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
9. Putting on the Wellies / SUSPENSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE IN NARRATORS NOTES FROM “The Unreliable Narrator,” a lecture by Carol Goodman Crime Bake, MA. 2019 Narrator fallibility… Read more 9. Putting on the Wellies / SUSPENSE
A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
A 150 word crime-flash using 10 prompts from the titles of Anne Cleeves’ novels. CORPSE WITH GANNETS by Susan B.… Read more A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE