by Ewan Morrison | Nov 21, 2022 | Authors, Blog Article
I have forty-two cans of beans, ten cans of tuna, twenty-five mars bars, seven rolls of duct tape, five rolls of Bacofoil, twenty batteries for the torch and the wireless radio. In the special box I have three four litre water containers, two first aid kits, a...
by Ewan Morrison | Nov 21, 2022 | Authors, Blog Article
One of the questions I get asked often about my novel How To Survive Everything is: ‘How did you manage to write such a convincing teenage protagonist?’ It’s a lovely compliment. Sometimes it turns into: ‘why did you write a teenage protagonist?’ or the more pointed...
by StrandMag | Jul 22, 2022 | Authors, Blog Article, Interviews
Could you tell us about your latest novel, Tomboy? Set in the 1930s, Tomboy is about Jane Benjamin, an ambitious young woman struggling to balance her desire to prove herself in the competitive world of gossip journalism against her obligation to family and friends...
by Andrew Gulli | Jul 20, 2022 | Authors, Blog Article, Fiction
The Challenges of Storytelling By: Nev March I’m reading Chandler’s The Long Goodbye and just like that, a line had me tearing up. What was the line? A cop tells Philip Marlowe that he’s been wasting his time trying to clear the name of his dead friend Terry Lennox....
by Andrew Gulli | Jul 13, 2022 | Authors, Fiction
Butcher Pen Road by Kris Lackey, published in 2021 The first chapter is excerpted below. Chapter 1 The boy stared at the ground as he walked out of a hackberry stand, toward Bill Maytubby’s black Chickasaw Lighthorse Police cruiser. It was parked at a closed...
by Andrew Gulli | Jul 5, 2022 | Authors, Blog Article
Top 10 Seismic Twists in Contemporary Fiction By: Will Dean Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Atmospheric, poignant, claustrophobic. Lehane develops his characters so beautifully they feel real. And then he hits you with one of the most satisfying twists ever created....