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Little Women Legacy: An Idaho Interlude with Marlowe Daly, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Marlowe Daly, who teaches literature, writing, and humanities at Idaho’s Lewis-Clark State College. Marlowe Daly reads Little Women at the Spalding site of Nez Perce National Park near her home in…
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Little Women Legacy: All Smiles from Silicon Valley with KL Allendoerfer, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with KL Allendoerfer, California-based writer, science educator, and musician. Contributor KL Allendoerfer reads Little Women with “Pie,” the ubiquitous green droid in front of Silicon Valley’s Googleplex. What is your favorite scene from…
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Little Women Legacy: Giving Back to Our “Imaginary” (and Real!) Heroes
I remember picking out Little Women at the book fair. My 4th grade compatriots championed flashy titles that ranged from the lurid (I’m looking at you, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Chain Letter) to the maudlin (Don’t Die, My Love). And while my own shelves groaned with the adolescent weight of Sweet Valley…
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Little Women Legacy: Alcott in the Big Apple with Lorraine Tosiello, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Lorraine Tosiello, physician, writer, and lifelong Little Women aficionado. Contributor Lorraine Tosiello reads Little Women under the watchful eye of her “neighbor,” the Empire State Building. What is your favorite scene…
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Little Women Legacy: Letters from Lake Superior with Deborah Davis Schlacks, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Deborah Davis Schlacks, recently retired Professor Emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Contributor Deborah Davis Schlacks reading her Companion Library edition of Little Women at Fairlawn Mansion in Superior, Wisconsin. What…
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Little Women Legacy: Sounding Off From Puget Sound with K.R. Karr, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with K.R. Karr, West Coast writer and academic. Contributor K.R. Karr on Puget Sound with the Washington State Ferry in the background. Photo credit: Kristina Berger. What is your favorite scene from Little Women?…
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Little Women Legacy: Getting Bookish with Susan Bailey, Featured Author
In this blog post series, we’ll feature contributing authors from our new anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. Today we’ll catch up with Susan Bailey, author, Louisa May Alcott devotee, and proud New Englander! Contributor Susan Bailey cozies up with The Annotated Little Women in Massachusetts. What is your favorite scene from Little Women?…
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A Matter of Perspective: POV, part II
“When I’m writing from a character’s viewpoint,” says Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, “in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes and try to feel everything they feel.” Determining which viewpoint to take in your story makes all the difference. Need to shake up…
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A Matter of Perspective: POV, part 1
“Style,” said poet Richard Eberhart, “is the perfection of a point of view.” And he’s right—which is why determining the viewpoint of your story makes all the difference. Need to shake up your editing? Consider what effects different points of view might have on your readers. There’s a point of view for me… Example #1,…
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Go Set an Editor: What Harper Lee Can Teach You About Done-ness
*mild Go Set a Watchman spoilers in this post! Harper Lee is a beloved household name. Middle and high school kids all across America make friends with Scout and Jem and Dill as a rite of passage. Sleepy Maycomb seems to seep into the lives of everyone it touches somehow. (For real. I named my…
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