by Jeanette Taylor | Apr 27, 2017 | Book & Movie Reviews, Writing Tips
Two Great Reads That Draw on Family Stories Does your family’s history have the drama needed for a wide readership? The answer lies not in content but in your ability to find its story threads, the glowing strands that have relevance and insights for others. That’s a...
by Jeanette Taylor | Feb 11, 2017 | Book & Movie Reviews, Writing Tips
The Art of History, Unlocking the Past in Fiction & Nonfiction, Christopher Bram Books about writing history are hard to find, so this new addition to the canon is a prize—in every sense. The Art of History is a slim volume that packs a lot of punch. Christopher...
by Jeanette Taylor | Jun 5, 2016 | BC History Tales, Book & Movie Reviews
Totem Poles and Tea, by Hughina Harold A Stellar Example of a Memoir with a Focused Theme Every writer hopes their book will be in print a decade after its release—but that’s not often the case—especially with local history memoirs. The first edition of Totem Poles...
by Jeanette Taylor | Feb 17, 2016 | Book & Movie Reviews
Using Fiction to get at the Essence of Truth in Family History Presenting a family story as fiction gives the writer license to stray from the constraints of layered facts, illustrated by quotes, to delve instead into the essence of the truth. That is, after all, the...
by Jeanette Taylor | Aug 10, 2015 | Book & Movie Reviews, Writing Tips
A Stellar Book about Writing Fiction (& Nonfiction) Write Away, One Novelist’s Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life, Elizabeth George This slim volume by Elizabeth George, creator of the Inspector Linley series, is the best I’ve read to date about writing...
by Jeanette Taylor | Jul 1, 2015 | Book & Movie Reviews
Are You Curious about Creative Nonfiction? Here’s a Terrific Summer Read: The Paper Garden, by Molly Peacock A captivating example of creative nonfiction is the biography The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock. The author juggles multiple subjects, including her own...
