Thinkery
Fire in the Belly
Work In progress -- a story based on the 1985 Philadelphia Police bombing of a cult's fortress in which eleven died, including five children, and sixty-one row houses allowed to burn to the ground. FIRE IN THE BELLY (Draft) By Lanny Larcinese Prologue The...
Writing Characters II – Lacunas
In early November I posted an essay on my website (lannylarcinese.com) about my preference for "character driven” fiction – the deeper the revelation of character, the better. Of course, the writer reveals those insights by the spoonful and more artistic fashion...
Review: Patient Zero by Todd Harra
Todd Harra has written a compelling techno-thriller with an optimum blend of mystery, terrorism, bureaucracy, interesting characters and science (mostly pathology & anatomy, but who knew odors have mass?) Also, given Harra’s background as a fourth generation...
Writing Characters
Writers have ways to create distinctive characters: appearance, age, speech, dress, attitude, background, social class, sexuality, mental state, motive, tics, etc. The less creative rely on stereotypes. These are story-killers. I prefer to write characters with...
