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Tag Archives: Fiction Writing
Review of Jim Crace's "Harvest"
So my review of Jim Crace’s new novel, Harvest, appeared Sunday in the Dallas Morning News, here. I liked the book, mainly for its style more than its subject or story, which was taken to task in an interesting review … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviewing, Fiction Writing, Good Fiction
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Where Do You Live? What Do You Do? & Other Ways to Define a Person
So I’m working on a new novel, which is really the only part about being a writer I like. I was just visiting a friend who went to one of my readings and commented on how cool it was to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cormac McCarthy, Fiction Writing, Good Fiction, The Bird Saviors, The West
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