The Gift of Feedback
Recently, I’ve been fortunate to receive feedback on a number of pieces of my work. This is such a gift. You can write and write and write, but, eventually, you need other eyes to see what you can’t see because you’re too close to what you’ve written. It all makes sense to you; then, someone […]
Aline Soules’ Interview by Renee Hand
Today, Thursday, February 26, I am privileged to be interviewed on blogtalkradio. BlogTalkRadio allows users to create free online radio stations and listen to thousands of original internet radio shows. My host is Renee Hand (picture at left) and her show is “Stories from Unknown Authors.” In addition, a review of my 2011 book, Meditation on Woman, is […]
Fiction in Truth, Truth in Fiction
I’ve just come back from a “literature” tour in the UK. Our group combined touring places of literary renown with meeting living authors. One of the most interesting experiences was comparing biography and biographical fiction. At the Ways with Words festival at Dartington Hall, Claire Tomalin spoke about writing biography, specifically her two works on Dickens and on Dickens […]
The Widows’ Handbook
Months in the making (what book isn’t?), The Widows’ Handbook now has its own blog. I have been privileged to have one of my poems (“Apart”) included in this anthology, along with poems from the known and the not-so-known. One of the exciting elements about submitting one’s work to an anthology is not having a clue about […]