On the Page: Male versus Female Intimacy
By: Aryanne Ferguson In search of inspiration, I watched a Ted talk by anthropologist Helen Fisher called The Brain in Love. Writing-wise, what …
Do We Really Have to Take Criticism?
By: Aryanne Ferguson “…it’s also a big enough book to take a bit of criticism. Perhaps, we could even say that its …
Literary Symbolism: The Greats Did It, Why Can’t I?
By: Aryanne Ferguson Reader, how do you make use of symbolism in your writing? Is it something you include from draft one, …
Wait…What? – John Steinbeck Walks Into a Starbucks
By: Aryanne Ferguson Every so often I come across truly fun literary websites. When I read this article about a Literary Starbucks tumblr page, created …
Movember is Also National Novel Writing Month
By: Aryanne Ferguson I know National Novel Writing Month is more than halfway over. I’m miserably late in asking, but are you participating …
Wait…What ? – (Bad) Sex in Fiction
By: Aryanne Ferguson While reading this article, I discovered that there’s actually an award given by the Literary Review for Bad Sex in …
Tom Hanks Wrote a Short Story
By: Aryanne Ferguson Did anyone else know that Tom Hanks wrote a short story and it was published in the New Yorker? …
The Influence(?) of the American Novel
By: Aryanne Ferguson I recently finished reading Orhan Pamuk’s 2004 novel, Snow. If you’ve never read anything from a Turkish author, I …
A Novel Reading Challenge, Part 2
By: Aryanne Ferguson In a previous post, I confessed my fear of reading Faulkner, then announced that I was going to read As …
Lessons from the National Book Award Long Lists
By: Aryanne Ferguson I’m a fiction junkie, so when this article popped up on my Google News page, I happily clicked – Fiction …