Author: Shannon Turlington
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No Boys Allowed…
Shannon Hale shares her experiences doing school visits as a woman writer. Please encourage the young readers in your life to read all kinds of books. Don’t fall into the trap of segregating books by gender.
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The Haunting of Hill House: a love story?
Is Shirley Jackson’s masterpiece, The Haunting of Hill House, really a love story? Check out my essay.
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100-day writing challenge + zombie invasion…
Qwiklit has a 100-day writing challenge going on, 100 prompts for short pieces hidden until you click to help clear out the cobwebs and get you started writing. I’m giving it a go. Here’s my short piece for day 2, “Zombie Invasion.” Prompt: At this moment, the area you’re in is suddenly ravaged by zombies. With…
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Recommended Reading: Men Explain Things to Me
You may think Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit’s short collection of essays (including the one that helped spawn the term “man-splaining”), is necessary reading for women, and you’d be right. But it’s also a great read for all creative types. When I first started reading these essays, I felt angry. That’s okay; I’m used…
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Everyone is creative…
It really bothers me when people say they aren’t creative. Everyone is, in some fashion. I am just as guilty every time I say I am tone deaf or that I have two left feet and that no one could ever possibly teach me how to sing or dance. I wish, more than anything, that…
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Notes on Writing Down the Bones
Like the advice in pretty much all writing books, Natalie Goldberg’s advice in Writing Down the Bones boils down to the same core principles: write every day; don’t edit while you write; use detail; don’t worry about being perfect. Goldberg offers some useful tips for keeping a daily writing practice, but she also admits that you have to…
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Links for readers: Ebooks vs paper redux
“The pile of unread books we have on our bedside tables is often referred to as a graveyard of good intentions. The list of unread books on our Kindles is more of a black hole of fleeting intentions.” — Craig Mod The New York Times says print is far from dead, and Craig Mod asks…
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The long and short of it…
I used to love long books. I liked getting sucked into a fictional world and really getting to know a large cast of characters. The absorbing sweep and breadth of an epic is hard to beat. Some of my favorite long books include: East of Eden by John Steinbeck; The Stand by Stephen King; Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; Sea of Poppies by…
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But is she alive?
Just posted a new essay: But is she alive? Gillian Flynn and the “unlikable” female character
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Margaret Atwood walks around in a state of wonder…
More great stuff from Margaret Atwood! Brain Pickings shares a short animation that accompanies Atwood’s meditation on how technology shapes storytelling. Worth watching.
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