Our Healing Scars

Dear Writers and Friends, For many the end of the calendar year marks a moment of reflection, brimming with optimism and fresh beginnings. Personally, 2023 has underscored the significance of navigating challenges and attending to emotional healing. The healing...

Dreaming and Stream-of-Consciousness in Literature

In The Art of Fiction, John Gardner writes (p. 36): “[…] the organized and intelligent fictional dream that will eventually fill the reader’s mind begins as a largely mysterious dream in the writer’s mind.” We dream in archetypes and images. Our brain...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Interiority

Let’s examine interiority as a creative tool focusing on the internal writer experience and also visit interiority as a craft tool (as in the external reader experience) shown in literary examples. When exploring interiority as a creative tool, the focus ought...

Frankfurt Book Fair 2023

I arrived in Frankfurt and the town is buzzing with pre-book fair events. I’d like to share one of them here. On Monday, 75 chairs were placed on Paulsplatz. The idea was to discover 75 stories behind the Frankfurter Buchmesse. It didn’t take me very long...

October 2023 Literary Happenings

It was a busy September for me preparing for LOOK AT ME. WHO DO YOU SEE? to launch into the world. October is filled with not-to-miss literary events in the Bay Area. Here are a few highlights: Litquake (October 5-21) Kelly Sather in Conversation with Yael...