Tag: The Art of Fiction

by CG FEWSTON December 9, 2014
Non-Fiction

Dark Matter (2011) by Gregory Sholette & the Emergence of Humanity’s Evolving Spirit

“Digital technology also functions like a prosthetic memory permitting the excluded to document and narrate ephemeral, every day activities and overlooked forms of expression or resistance.”

by CG FEWSTON November 14, 2014
Non-Fiction

Rework (2010) by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier & Their Advice for Greatness

“To do great work,” write the authors, “you need to feel that you’re making a difference. That you’re putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you’re part of something important.”

by CG FEWSTON November 7, 2014
Fiction

The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini & the Rape of a Friendship

If you think Khaled is the boy Amir who witnesses his servant and childhood friend, Hassan, being anally raped in an alley and does nothing and then seeks a life-long journey of redemption, then I am afraid your credulity may make it difficult to separate fact from fiction in any story or event.

by CG FEWSTON October 16, 2014
Fiction Non-Fiction Pictures

*** 140th Post *** Manuscript Found in Accra (2012) by Paulo Coelho & the Keys to Success

A book you’d like to keep by your bedside to read a chapter each night before sleep or upon waking early in the morning.

by CG FEWSTON April 9, 2014
Non-Fiction Pictures

**120th Post** How to Write a Book Proposal, 4th ed. (2011) by Michael Larsen

The book should be called ‘How to Build Your Author Platform’ and then the last 1/3 is actually more details on how to write a proposal for a nonfiction book with much of that being four lengthy proposal samples, which are helpful but reflect more the success of the platform rather than any actual design in the proposal itself–but we can get into that in a minute.

by CG FEWSTON March 22, 2014
Fiction Film Pictures Videos

Our Kind of Traitor (2010) by John le Carré (David Cornwell)

In one of his latest novels, Our Kind of Traitor, Le Carré provides a tale of espionage that makes one cheer and hope for the villain to win, or at least survive. Perry and his girlfriend, Gail, befriend Dima, a Russian money-launderer, in Antigua while on vacation.

by CG FEWSTON March 15, 2014
Fiction Film Pictures Videos

The Mosquito Coast (1982) by Paul Theroux

As a writer there is always the temptation to be a cruel god over the imagined characters, typing down conflict after conflict without sympathy; there is also an even greater risk of loving the characters too much, coddling them as babes, and becoming benevolent creators over the fiction.

by CG FEWSTON March 13, 2014
Fiction Film Non-Fiction Pictures Videos

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles

Don’t Look Now, The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Reverse psychology is a practical ploy for anyone to get an unsuspecting victim to do as he/she desires. But could this tactic work effectively in a novel?

by CG FEWSTON March 11, 2014
Fiction Pictures Videos

The Crying of Lot 49 (1965) by Thomas Pynchon

Oedipa stumbles upon a conspiracy in California which eventually leads her onto an amazing adventure, landing her by the end of the book in an auction room as she awaits the crying, or an auctioneer shouting out a sale, of a stamp collection once owned by her former lover, Pierce Inverarity, who is deceased.

by CG FEWSTON March 10, 2014
Fiction

Going After Cacciato (1978) by Tim O’Brien

O’Brien’s Going After Cacciato is a masterful work of art that incorporates a powerful story brought to life and vivid characters that stand out and above the norm.