It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Joshilyn Jackson — not just of her fabulous debut novel gods in Alabama but also of her blog, one of the wittiest spots in cyberspace. Her second novel, Between, Georgia, is just one more reason to love this Southern writer who combines sass and sweetness in [...]
I’ve done a lot of good reading this summer, but it’s been a long time since I’ve read any good fantasy. I love good fantasy, and there’s a lot of it out there, but not a lot that I really enjoy and can get into. Tastes in fantasy seem to be even more individual and [...]
One of my many soft spots is for towns and villages that have ceased to exist — the resettled Newfoundland outports, the “ghost towns”, the places that time passed by. (I cried during Cars when they played the song “Our Town” over the montage showing the decline of the town. I cry at Springsteen’s [...]
Just as it’s easy for an actor to become “typecast” after playing a certain type of role, it’s easy for a writer to become associated with a particular type of book. Some writers are quite comfortable with their role, while others constantly make us question what “kind” of writer they are by trying something different [...]
