Every War Is Both Won and Lost
“Empathy is connection; it’s the ladder out of the same hole.” ~Brené Brown Writing comes in many forms — copy, speeches, lecture notes, newspaper articles, to name a few. But, perhaps, one cannot truly write literature in its very essence if they don’t feel emotions...
5 Things to Remember When Writing Fiction Based on Facts
When you read a certain book is ‘based on a true story’, what’s the first thing that goes in your mind? For me, a ‘faction’ — blending fact with fiction — never fails to bring in more drama. And although I am aware that a book may portray real events and...
The Freedom to be Anything or Anyone
When an Australian author decided to give the Hmong an ethnic identity by writing a book about them, she also presented them with something way much more: personal awareness. For someone who had lobbied to have the Hmong people recognized as refugees and had been...