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November 21st, 2014 Uncategorized 4124

Truth is Livelier than Fiction is a writing venture focused on the meaningful expression of ideas—whether in the service of business or as a foray into fiction. The blog is a place for chronicling an...

A Bigger, Riskier Story

August 9th, 2020 On Writing 2566

It could simply have been a story of two opposite sisters in a difficult family situation in 1940s France. But The Nightingale is big and compelling by being set in WWII and treating even characters o...

When I Flew with Writing Sisters

September 24th, 2019 On Writing 5194

Working on a full-length work of fiction or memoir can easily lead to a desert of self-doubt. Misgivings arise regarding the tremendous amount of time being invested because, inevitably, other things...

The Truth is not Pretty. It’s more…Mushroomy.

May 3rd, 2019 On Writing, On Life 6176

The truths keep coming. Or is it more of a noticing? Like when you get a new car and suddenly observe that people have that same car all over the place, and you’ve never realized it before. Except…dif...

But, Writer…Are You Telling the Truth?

August 31st, 2017 On Writing 3911

We all heard the question, "Are you telling the truth?" often enough as children, but until recently, I never thought to ask it of my fiction writing. An earlier inquiry might have saved me years of r...

What is it about Frank Lloyd Wright?

February 10th, 2017 On Life, On Design 4352

For most people, it probably starts with an image, either of an eye-catching Wright design like Fallingwater, or perhaps more likely, a photograph of the man himself with his keen, self-confident rega...