by Carolyn Bass | Oct 30, 2013 | Ovations
It’s November. National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as Nanowrimo. I’ve taken the Nanowrimo challenge this year to finish my long-neglected novel, Whispering Nights. And what a better way to get into the daily writing habit than a week-long...
by Carolyn Bass | Jul 2, 2013 | Ovations
Artists were exalted ones in my little world. Singers, dancers, actors, writers—anyone on a platform or stage. In my little world we were the lowliest. Daddy was an auto mechanic who raced motorcycles for the thrill of it. He’d once been a sword swallower at a circus,...
by Carolyn Bass | Apr 26, 2013 | Ovations
The prevailing winds of Kitty Hawk where Tara Staley set her new novel, Conditions Are Favorable, can blow a person, a ship or a flying machine right off course. The known course for books featuring the Wright brother’s first flight experiments in Kitty Hawk is that...
by Carolyn Bass | Apr 19, 2013 | Ovations
I am honored to be featured in Annette Marie Hyder’s Facing Feminism: Feminists I Know. Here’s the postcard image she created from the photo and text I sent her.
by Carolyn Bass | Mar 6, 2013 | Ovations
I’ve often referred to writing fiction without an outline as mining a story buried inside the earth of imagination. My friend Billie Hinton speaks of this concept with the metaphor of archaeology She describes this process like excavation of a story. Each element...
by Carolyn Bass | Mar 5, 2013 | Ovations
You’ve probably read a few. They’re common on Amazon and other consumer book review sites. You’ll sometimes read them in respected print publications, too. They pick at elements of plot, character, setting, and pacing with razor-sharp talons. They...
