Category: Articles and Essays
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Calamity, Crime and Suspense
My interview with Lisa Unger renewed within me the desire to just write, and see what happens. During my interview of her on Saturday, September 26, 2009, she talked about how her novels hold, “…a strong thread of domestic danger.” Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,”…
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The Writer/Mother
“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.” The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those…
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The Business of Writing
“It’s way harder to establish a career as a working writer than to get published by a traditional New York publishing house.” —Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting,…
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On Writing, and Exploring the Human Heart
“I didn’t pick my area of writing anymore than I chose to become a writer. …I love classic literature. And I’ve always had this dark imagination. I was the weird kid who was interested in that form in the window, or what lay under the stairs. I also have this ferocious curiosity about the human…
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Magic and Craft
Author of literary thrillers,” Lisa Unger, was my guest on Saturday’s broadcast (September 26, 2009) of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters. “Die for You,” her latest release, and the other books she has penned (8 total), were among the many things we discussed, along with working to find balance between her work as a…
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Writing and Cyberspace
As the economy languishes in limbo and many of us wonder what comes next, I have made several observations as an author, one of which is that the Internet has become an important meeting ground for both industry and consumers. That I am an author makes me part of the publishing industry. The Internet offers…
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A Writer’s Voice
Hearing the words you’ve written and read in your own voice develops voice. It also awakens you, the writer, to your style of putting words together. You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words…