Tag Archives: Ethan Canin

Whatcha Readin’?

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Linda W. Yezak

What are you reading right now? — well, aside from this post, smarty-pants. What’s on your nightstand, or wherever you keep your open book? What’s your preferred genre? Do you ever read outside your genre? If you’re a writer, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Reading, write tips, Writing, Writing Tips | Tagged America America, Billy Coffey, Cormac McCarthy, Defending Jacob, Ethan Canin, In the Heart of the Dark Wood, James Ellroy, Lisa Gardner, Michael Callahan, reading, Searching for Grace Kelly, The Black Dahlia, The Road, The Survivors Club, William Landay, Writing | 6 Comments

So Not Cliché

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Linda W. Yezak

The book you’re reading–or writing–has a main character who is grieving a loss. Someone died. He has a solitary tear. She collapses in a river of them. His heart is wounded. Hers is shattered. On and on the author goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged America America, Ethan Canin, grief, grieving, Writing, writing fiction, Writing Tips | 7 Comments