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A debut novel finds the truth in writing fiction
Writing a young adult novel, author makes sense of her life. When Melanie Thorne was 14, her mother decided shed rather be married to a sex offender than parent her two daughters...

Carelessly Uttered: Fiction Writing 101: What are You Writing About?
(I know some call what I'm doing right now writing, but when I say I'm writing I mean fiction writing.) I don't write outlines. I do write words and sentences on bits of paper, and they collect on my desk. If I have no idea what they ...

No laughing matter: writing comic fiction about serious topics
Kathy Lette and Toni Jordan have both made names as comic novelists writing about difficult topics. They tell us how they make the serious stuff funny. Read all responses to this article..

A Conversation With Author Carlos Fuentes - NPR

Irish Times

A Conversation With Author Carlos Fuentes
NPR
Carlos Fuentes, one of the most influential writers in the Latin American world, died Tuesday at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83. A prolific writer, Fuentes wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as political nonfiction and essays that .
Mexican writer who captured the complex essence of his countryIrish Times
Carlos Fuentes Dies: Iconic Mexican Writer Was 83WebProNews
Outspoken intellectual never part of either parties or ideologiesThe Age

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Lillian Hellman, Clarence Birdseye and Thai Jones: Must Read Nonfiction - Daily Beast

Daily Beast

Lillian Hellman, Clarence Birdseye and Thai Jones: Must Read Nonfiction
Daily Beast
By Alice Kessler-Harris Lillian Hellman was a writer whose work has been labelled EURœmiddlebrow,EUR a civil liberties advocate condemned as a EURœrigid Stalinist,EUR and a woman who even friends acknowledged could be paranoid and narcissistic.

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Writing Longform For A Multimedia Platform - Huffington Post (blog)

Writing Longform For A Multimedia Platform
Huffington Post (blog)
Most of my former coworkers might not believe me when I say this, but three years later, I honestly believe this is an exciting time to write long, entertaining nonfiction narratives. I know this first hand. Last week, my nearly 12000-word story The .

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