Bettie Boswell has faith in her book-writing talent
Betties Boswell at Novel Blends for a book signing. BG Independent News Bettie Boswell grew up reading voraciously and making up stories as she sat in the back seat of her family’s car. For most of her adult life as a school music teacher and church music director, the long-time Bowling Green resident has continued […]
Genres for War: Writers in Ukraine on Literature
Olga Kryazhich’s destroyed apartment. Photograph courtesy of Kryazhich. I was almost done with a draft of my novel when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Amid the destruction and devastation that followed, continuing with my novel felt impossible; I turned toward journalism, which had always been a part-time job for me. For seven months, I […]
Character Development: A National Novel Writing Month Pep Talk
If you’ve attempted to write 50,000 words in one month, please raise your eyebrows. Then, imagine doing it like William Smitherman, from the confines of a prison on an outdated, tiny, flaky android tablet (feel free to keep your eyebrows raised and add a tilt of your head). The content you write can only be […]
‘X-Men ’97’ Head Writer Insisted The Writers Of The Show Knew and Respected The Source Material
In a refreshing twist it seems that Beau DeMayo, the head writer on the upcoming ‘X-Men ’97’ show, insisted that the writers working on the show understood and respected the source material. Disney and Hollywood have run into a lot of issues with fans frustrated by changes to legacy franchises in the last few years. […]
HBO renews contract with controversial House of the Dragon writer, fans react
Sara Hess has been a writer and producer for big-name television shows like House and Orange is the New Black . Her latest project as a writer was House of the Dragon, season 1. A section of House of the Dragon fans, especially the ones who have read the book Fire & Blood , on […]
Bocas Lit fest – Caribbean Writers tour Britain
Celeste Mohammed In times past, British writers would occasionally visit the Caribbean to share their wisdom with students and readers. A few, like James Bond creator Ian Fleming, wrote some of their work in the Caribbean. But today the boot is on the other foot (or the pen is in the other hand): Caribbean writers […]
DMACC Celebration of Literary Arts to Host Two Free Readings with Writers Charles Baxter and Lan Samantha Chang
The DMACC Celebration of Literary Arts is celebrating its 20th year with a new monthly format that features prominent authors year-round. · All events are free and open to the public. · Award-winning writers Charles Baxter and Lan Samantha Chang are the Celebration’s featured authors in October. ANKENY, Iowa—The DMACC Celebration of Literary Arts , […]
James Cameron Scrapped An Avatar 2 Script He Spent A Year Writing
James Cameron worked for a year on an Avatar: The Way of Water script, which he ended up throwing away. With an impressive slate of films behind him including Titanic, The Terminator, Aliens, and Avatar, Cameron has four sequels to Avatar in the works. The Oscar-winning director created the highest-grossing movie of all time with […]
Carmen Callil, pioneering champion of female writers, dies aged 84
‘I’m just not a collective, what-a-nice-book-you-want-me-to-publish, we’re-all-sisters-under-the-skin kind of person’ … Carmen Callil. Carmen Callil, the publisher and writer who championed female writers and transformed the canon of English literature, has died of leukemia in London on Monday aged 84. The news was confirmed by her agent. Callil began as a campaigning outsider, founding the […]
She-Hulk’s Writers Loved Trolling the Marvel Show’s ‘Unoriginal’ Critics
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law star Tatiana Maslany says the show’s writers loved having the chance to troll the show’s most “unoriginal” detractors. In an interview with Variety , Maslany shared that head writer Jessica Gao knew from the outset how a certain sector of Marvel fans would view Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk as a woman supposedly invading […]