Author: Shannon Turlington
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Rooms by Lauren Oliver | Books Worth Reading
Here’s an autumnal book for you! Rooms by Lauren Oliver is a different take on the classic haunted house story. The house in question is haunted by two women whose spirits have essentially merged with the house and can observe–even experience, in a sense–everything that happens inside. When Richard Walker, who owns the house, dies, his estranged,…
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Update on going analog…
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to eschew my electronic tasks list, calendar, and notepad in favor of a pen-and-paper system, i.e., a notebook. I was inspired by Austin Kleon’s suggestion to go analog to improve creativity. So far, it’s been working well, other than the small inconvenience that the notebook I chose is…
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Book review: Three Themed Anthologies
I have never been a huge fan of short stories. I prefer to seek my teeth into something meatier, a novel. Short story collections by a single author have always felt particularly unsatisfying to me. Invariably, the stories vary in quality but share similar themes, insights, and style, so that they all start to run…
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Margaret Atwood: we are double-plus unfree
Our governments now treat us like cattle – governed by fear, we have surrendered too many of our hard-won freedoms. It’s time to recapture the territory we’ve ceded Source: Margaret Atwood: we are double-plus unfree | Books | The Guardian Margaret Atwood is one of my personal heroes.
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A few recent links about writing and similar creative pursuits…
Stephen King asks: Can a novelist be too productive? We are all artists now, though. But if you don’t click on this story, the writer doesn’t get paid.
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Gothic horror: We’re all mad here | Noir Femme
I try to define gothic fiction and why I love it so much: Gothic horror: We’re all mad here | Noir Femme
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Recommended Reading: After Alice by Gregory Maguire
I just read Gregory Maguire’s new book, After Alice, a retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alice wasn’t the only one who fell down the rabbit hole; her friend Ada, passingly mentioned in the original Alice in Wonderland, followed her down and had her own set of adventures, while on that same day, Charles Darwin visited Alice’s father…
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Inspired by Austin Kleon…
I’ve decided to go analog and carry a notebook with me for recording my to-do lists, ideas, upcoming events, monthly goals, and the like, instead of relying on my phone or tablet. (See my last post.) Sure, it’s one more thing I have to cart around, but I carry a backpack purse anyway. I’ve noticed…
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Recommended Reading: The People in the Trees
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara is a dark book that really sticks with you. On an expedition to a remote island in the South Pacific, a scientist discovers that the native people have significantly increased their lifespans by eating a rare turtle, but their immortality comes at the price of severe mental degeneration. After…
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