I know I haven’t posted for a long while and that I last promised to share the list of tips on dialogue from Karen Joy Fowler, but I have to share a brief review of a terrific book I read about a week ago. Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel My rating: 4 [...]
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Hilary Mantel’s “Eight Months on Ghazzah Street”
Posted in Book Reviews, Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society, tagged characterization, expatriate life, Hilary Mantel, Saudi Arabia on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Marsha Ward’s “The Man From Shenandoah”
Posted in Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society on November 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I never really gave western fiction a chance, except on the big and small screens. Even there, with the exception of The Man From Snowy River and 3:10 to Yuma, I had observed that it tended to be too formulaic for my taste. Big, tough cowboy meets a sweet, but strong pioneer type girl and [...]
Describing the LDS Singles Experience
Posted in Book Reviews, Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society, tagged LDS Church, review, singles on November 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I recently read the somewhat controversial memoir by Elna Baker, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. While it was truthful (sometimes painfully so) and quite a humorous take on what it’s like to be a young single adult in the LDS Church (and I could identify with many of the issues she raised, [...]
Questioning Myself
Posted in Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society, tagged LDS writing on May 4, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Ever since I returned from the LDStorymakers Conference and Whitney Awards, I’ve been going back and forth in my mind about my goals in writing. I know I have a gift with the written word, but how should I best use it? I began with poetry back in high school, then moved on to writing [...]
LDStorymakers, the Whitneys, and Me
Posted in Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society, tagged Mormon Literature, publishing, Whitney Awards, writing on April 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Much as I enjoyed my first LDStorytellers Writing Conference (too much of which I missed, due to family circumstances) and the Whitney Awards Gala Banquet (made all the more enjoyable by such fine table company as Stephanie Fowers, Crystal Liechty, and fellow finalist, Shannon Guymon), I came away with more questions than answers about Mormon [...]
A Literary Look at Creation
Posted in Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society, tagged Literary & Artistic, Religion & Society on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday night I went with my family to see a local production of the musical, Children of Eden. As described in the program, it is “a musical about family and relationships inspired by the Book of Genesis,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (who also did Pippin, Godspell, and Wicked). The book (meaning the [...]
