The power of dialogue After action, dialogue is the second most powerful tool for bringing fiction to life. It is when characters are quoted while they speak to each other. However, dialogue is not a speech transcript, but a distillation. As an exercise, you might record a conversation between two…
Pirates and treasure, the timeless theme in adventurous fiction, takes center stage in Mikel B. Classen’s second edition of Lake Superior Tales: Stories of Humor and Adventure in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Published by the Modern History Press (November 2018), the book includes ten stories that span the 19th century through present day,…
Attorney-At-Paw Diane Wing Modern History Press c/o Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 9781615993970, $27.95, HC, 186pp Synopsis: Autumn Clarke survived the car crash that killed her parents. To help her cope with PTSD, she adopts Chrissy, a Shih Tzu with a remarkable secret. Chrissy is…
Cowper’s Bookshelf Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India K. V. Dominic Modern History Press 9781615993949, $25.95, HC, 146pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: K.V. Dominic is one of India’s leading contemporary English poets. In “Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India” he takes his…
Modern History Press is proud to announce that its latest fiction title Louisiana Catch by author and speaker Sweta Srivastava Vikram has been nominated for a Voices of the Year (VOTY) Award at BlogHer. With its Women-Inspiring-Women mission, BlogHer is a women-centered movement of both the written and the spoken word by…
