Make your settings and objects "characters" that are part of the story as in all good literature -- I don't mean personification. Just try to...
I like writing to the music of Bartok, Cage and Satie. I also like to use music for "research" purposes, to put me in the time and place of the...
Someone above spoke of shared experience, and this might explain a lot in an era where social networks are isolating us. A virtual café will never...
Shiner
Not sure how it reads translated in English, but my favorites are Journey to the End of the Night (Voyage au bout de la nuit) and North (Nord) by...
40 next week. I'm a language teacher now. I have been a classical guitarist on street corners and in train stations, a boxing coach and a...
I personally find overdone phonetic rendering unpleasant to read; I'd used a light brush. Better I think to convey this in the rhythm of his/her...
Separate names with a comma.