by Jodi Lea Stewart Keeping History Alive Unique Challenges Though historic fiction writing presents many unique challenges, the most difficult one is that the writer didn’t live during the time period of the novel. Because my favorite time period to write in is the...
Whatever name you give it, Dressing is Emotional Why? Because this particular, traditionally-American food embodies place, race, memories, holidays, hearth, and home. It’s literally an experience fueled by the annals of time and passed-down experiences. Most...
Series: Keepin’ it Real Do you ever feel bitter? I did, and I hated it because I knew I should be AUTHENTICALLY GRATEFUL every day in every way. I’m human, though, and the “jolly” side of the human condition often relies on premises that...
Shake dulled-out readers and listeners of today out of the clouds and send them to the moon with writing that awakens every fiber in their souls! Make them cry! Make them laugh! Make them take stock of where they stand right here… right now… on their own...
If you can watch a passionate flamenco dance without becoming involved in either the music (toque), the song (cante), the beautifully coifed and outfitted dancer, or the enchanting dance (baile) itself . . . . . . then you must be related to Bueller’s economics...
