Minorities in Fiction
by Raymond M. Coulombe Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author, has been dethroned from his lofty public position by charges of sexual harassment. That’s […]
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The Creativity Conundrum
by Raymond M. Coulombe Creative people have a hard time. We must create. It’s what we do. Unfortunately, we also have to survive in […]
Found in Translation?
Raymond M. Coulombe I realized I was a true literature geek when I actually got excited about different translations of Beowulf. Bored yet? How’s […]
Fan Fiction
by Raymond M. Coulombe Fan fiction is when you take some well known author’s characters and creation and write your own stories in their […]
Unable to Leap a Low Bar
by Raymond M. Coulombe I read a lot of e-books from the Kindle Unlimited section. Generally I get good value for my membership. When […]
The Best Judge of Your Work
by Raymond M. Coulombe You are probably not the best judge of your own work. Having a good group of early readers is a […]
Should You Really Write What You Know?
By Raymond M. Coulombe Yes. Okay, there should be some more here. Writing what you know is one of those truisms that everyone spouts. […]
Every Picture Tells a Story
by Raymond M. Coulombe They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Then again, it’s exactly the way we get our first […]
It’s Always Personal
by Patrick LeClerc In fiction, as in life, it’s important to distinguish the motivations of the individual from those of the organization to which that […]