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Dialogue reveals an abundance of information about characters:   Their  thoughts, motivations, personality, strengths, weaknesses, desires, dislikes, etc.  So writing good dialogue is crucial in creating a good novel. Readers will not be able to

In Olive Branches Don’t Grow On Trees, Frank’s relentless search for a missing frying pan acts as an extended metaphor for Silvia’s relentless search for a perfect place.  I am a big fan of this particular literary device, which is a metaphor

I’m honored to say that Olive Branches Don’t Grow On Trees is on Suspense Magazine’s prestigious Best of 2012 List!

A few years ago, I saw the scroll from the famous Jack Kerouac book On The Road.  This scroll is 30 feet long unrolled!  Seeing it in person made me imagine Kerouac writing his novel, without looking back even once.  I am currently working on my

Reader response theory is a literary theory that focuses on the reader and his experience of the literary work, in contrast to other schools of thought that focus primarily on the content and form of the work.   I am a big proponent of this