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‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie – BBC.com
‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie 3 days ago By Greg McKevitt Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries have captivated audiences for more than a century, but, 50 years after her death, she remains an enigma. A rarely heard BBC interview from 1955 reveals some of the…
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How Do You Know If Your Short Story Should Be a Novel? ‹ Literary Hub
Source Links: How Do You Know If Your Short Story Should Be a Novel? ‹ Literary Hub
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Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form ‹ CrimeReads
David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them. By David Gordon, April 26, 2022 I am a lifelong lover and obsessive consumer of all kinds of genre fiction in many mediums, from the original Star Trek series to yakuza and samurai films, from JG Ballard’s…
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Stacy Keach on Playing Hemingway | The Hemingway Society
“Stacy Keach joins the show to reflect on his legendary career, particularly his portrayal of Hemingway on the stage, in the classic miniseries, and in his audio recording of short stories. “Keach compares the art of acting to the act of writing and gets to the heart of Hemingway’s knack for conveying emotion in spare…
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During Trump’s present, it’s hard to write the future, says science fiction writer John Scalzi – LA Times
NeverTrump11 by Michael McCulley is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal It’s difficult to focus on writing, particularly fiction, when the world feels like it’s on fire. “To be sure, these times — by which I mean the Trump era to date, let’s go ahead and avoid cutesy winking allusions — are making it hard for…
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Friday Reads: 10 Classic Christmas Stories | JSTOR Daily
Editor’s note: If you follow the link, the stories are all open-access from JSTOR, and there for your pleasure and reading.. Happy Holidays! Source: Friday Reads: 10 Classic Christmas Stories | JSTOR Daily
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Review: Stephen King’s ‘Bazaar of Bad Dreams’ pulls us in and then out – LA Times
Stephen King , I’ve come to think, is at his most adept when writing in the midlength range. His big novels — “The Stand,” “It,” “11/22/63” — have always felt a little baggy to me, while his shortest work (he has published more than 200 stories, gathered in a number of collections) can feel sketchy,…
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Stephen King, Not Just the Guy Who Makes Monsters – The New York Times
If there are any lingering doubts about Mr. King’s stylistic range, they should be put to rest by his new collection, “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams,” which features 20 stories that seem to touch on every genre imaginable, except for romance. There are crime and horror stories, a narrative poem and a grim western, along…
