There are lots of unrecognized genius writers, who experience writing block and think they might be in need of changing the scenery to get some inspiration, but cannot afford themselves any trips. There is also quite significant amount of homeless writers, as well as those, who have to rent their… Read More →
Small Business Saturday occupies an intermediate position between two days of shopping frenzy: Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While the former is dedicated to large distributors and the latter to looking through the Internet for good deals, Small Business Saturday is aimed at helping your local businesses, thus allowing the… Read More →
Self-loathing, self-criticism, fear of failure – call it what you want, but this way or that it is an integral part of every person doing any kind of creative work. In a line of work that doesn’t have any objective way of evaluation anybody is prone to start worrying about… Read More →
This week, on December 5th, Joan Didion, literary journalist and novelist, turned 79. One of the greatest American essayists (and memoirists), she walked a long path of life, leaving her reflections, thoughts and experiences within her works. Almost eight decades spent on the Earth…there must have been plenty of raw… Read More →
Superheroes are something more to Americans, than just characters from children’s comic books. They are symbols of the epoch. Every single superhero (as well as every single super villain) was created with a purpose in mind. No matter, how horribly mixed everything is when it comes to the plots of… Read More →
Relationship between science (or, rather, reality) and science fiction has always been turbulent. Some people (what is worth noting, not necessarily scientists) say that fiction should adhere to the scientific facts as closely and as faithfully as possible. Others think it to be unnecessary – after all, a science fiction… Read More →
Salman Rushdie is one of the most prominent and well-known writers of our time; nobody would doubt that. This makes the early period of his life and the influences that formed him as an author all the more fascinating. Among other things, Salman Rushdie is the author of Midnight’s Children,… Read More →
While most writers seem to be content to work while sitting at a desk before a typewriter or a computer, a lot of them used and still use other kinds of accommodations, be it out of necessity or extravagance. And it seems that unusual workplaces don’t hinder them in the… Read More →
J.D. Salinger is considered by many to be one of the most mysterious writers of the 20th century. Really, what could be more unusual and curious than a writer who publishes a bestselling novel and then leaves all kinds of public life, leaves in seclusion, almost never gives interviews and… Read More →
If somebody thinks that a poet who lived almost half a millennium ago cannot make today’s news, they are greatly mistaken. The mysterious nature of Shakespeare’s personality and history make him a very promising and interesting subject for literary scholars even today. It has been again proved by Professor Douglas… Read More →
