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Category Archives: Link Wanderlust

February 7, 2019
by Neelima
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Judging a Story @ Link Wanderlust

Being a short story judge puts you in a position of advantage when it comes to talking about judging a manuscript. Markovits believes that there is a method behind story writing and that it can be taught, contrary to the … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: judge, plotting, short story | Permalink

January 24, 2019
by Neelima
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Smell and the Scene @ Link Wanderlust

The most beautiful part of reading some novels, especially historical fiction, is that feeling of being able to partake of moments that you could never be part of. One way that writers do this is using sensory inputs to add … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: historical fiction, smell | Permalink

January 10, 2019
by Neelima
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The Silent Treatment @ Link Wanderlust

Keith Kahn Harris is a published author and yet he often faces the most common disheartening phenomenon that most writers face with. The Silent Rejection. In his essay, What’s worse than rejection?, Harris has often wondered why the polite enquiry … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: editor, query, rejection | Permalink

December 27, 2018
by Neelima
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Hail Long Sentences! @ Link Wanderlust

The short sentence has earned a great deal of appreciation- it’s rational; brevity thy name is wit. But long sentences are necessary and provide the kind of pauses, akin to breath control in music, and tensions of a high-wire act … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: Frank Sinatra, long sentences | Permalink

December 20, 2018
by Neelima
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Listening and Reading @ Link Wanderlust

It’s exciting the places that reading can take you. What happens when a reading researcher delves into the authenticity behind listening to audio books. Is it as good as reading a book? Can the ear replace the eye? Well, they … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: audio books, reading | Permalink

December 13, 2018
by Neelima
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Orwell in the 21st Century @ Link Wanderlust

The great octopus Netflix has its tentacles on pretty every story that has been told. It’s a retelling kind of retail; now they have the rights to George Orwell’s Animal Farm. The challenge in remaking such a work, more than … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: 1984, animal farm, George Orwell, Netflix | Permalink

December 6, 2018
by Neelima
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The Ethics of Memoir @ Link Wanderlust

Historically speaking, the identity of the author is irrelevant when it comes to critiquing the book. Memoir fraud could benefit readers.  Books like James Frey’s memoir of recovery from addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine may resonate with individuals who … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: autofiction, Karl Ove Knausgaard, memoir | Permalink

November 29, 2018
by Neelima
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Writer Traits @ Link Wanderlust

What are the traits that a writer has? Is there any genetic peculiarity, any mannerism or habit that grants the label? Karen E.Bender creates a list of qualities like the love of language and sensitivity, an openness to the imagination, … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: traits | Permalink

November 22, 2018
by Neelima
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Solitude and the Writer @ Link Wanderlust

I enjoyed reading Does Great Writing Require Solitude?, an unusual article, a conversation of sorts between three authors -John Kaag, Andre Dubus III and Clancy Martin. The hardest part about writing is the solitude it requires to observe the train … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: solitude | Permalink

November 15, 2018
by Neelima
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Readability and Literary Fiction @ Link Wanderlust

When Anna Burns won the Booker for her novel Milkman, there was much applause and criticism. Her book threw up the question of readability. Is great literature necessarily difficult? Sam Leith explores the layers of difficulty in a book- it … Continue reading →

Categories: Link Wanderlust | Tags: Anna Burns, Milkman | Permalink

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