Since I’ve returned to doing more journalism, it got me thinking more about the difference between what journalists do and what fiction writers do. While there is a lot of overlap, and sometimes both are considered telling stories, there’s really a difference. The journalist usually tells someone else’s story, whereas the fiction writer is creating […]
Is it better to tell a story or create a story? Read More »
Over the weekend, the country became obsessed with Rachel Dolezal, the woman who claimed she was black, even though she wasn’t (Not even a little. Not even by way-back-in-the-day standards, when octoroon was an official census designation). This is one of those cases that is just fascinating to all because it has all the elements
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The other day, in my Twitter feed appeared a post from Gideon Cross (see left). Â It immediately struck me as odd, because (1) I don’t follow Cross, and (2) Gideon Cross is a fictional character in Sylvia Day’s Bared to You series. I recently followed Day, so I suspect the post came through because of
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