This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond secretly visited his daughter throughout her college years. Soon after Thurmond lost his bid for the presidency in 1948 and Essie Mae's mother died, Essie Mae confronted him on some of his pervasive… Continue reading Multi-Racial Read #14: Dear Senator Part V
Lorin Oberweger, the Free Expressions maven, taught our next "Your Best Book" class on Deep Scene. As most writers recognize, scenes are the fundamental structural unit of every novel. “Every scene involves some type of negotiation between two people. A character wants something and has to strategize and bargain to achieve what he/she wants,” Lorin said.… Continue reading Free Expressions Takeaway Part II: Creating Deep Scenes
Sometimes there are books that speak for themselves. The Color of Love , an autobiography of Gene Creek, "a blue-collar son of the South" is one of these. Gene's life-journey is noteworthy for one significant reason: in the Jim Crow South his mother, rejected by her alcoholic husband, fell in love with a black man. This… Continue reading Multi-Racial Read #7: The Color of Love