Posts Tagged ‘books’
How Writing A Novel Is Like Being An Amateur Chef
“Ok,” you’re thinking, “Brent put too much Bailey’s in his coffee this morning.” Either that, or he’s still feeling the effects of the wine from the night before. But in fact, neither of those scenarios, though plausible, is accurate. How Writing Resembles Cooking When I wrote Those Who Would Be King: The People’s Prince, I…
Read MoreHow African Historical Fiction Inspired My Own Writing Life
Heart Of Darkness I vividly remember Dr. Richard McDaniel’s second-year English class at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. We were studying the classic “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad. I loved that book, and it fascinated me to no end. The basic theory blew me away: that we all have a more primitive,…
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