More on Authentic Fiction – books I recommend. In my last post I offered an explanation of authenticity and how it correlates to writing fiction. If you missed it, you can read it HERE. Others don’t necessarily agree with me. Some claim that fiction shouldn’t be authentic—that fiction shouldn’t lean into reality other than having plausibility. Or, that in fiction the limit of authenticity is that is it rings true to the human condition. But my point of view leans a different way. I’m more about the authenticity of the writer—whether she (or he) is writing from her heart, her…
WHAT I’M READING … “Wrapped in Rain”
Book Review of Wrapped in Rain Charles Martin never fails to satisfy my hunger for Southern fiction. I just finished Wrapped in Rain (Thomas Nelson, 2005). It’s a heart-wrenching-warming saga of two half-brothers who battle the demons of a highly dysfunctional and abusive childhood. Standing beside them is an equally abused, but spiritually fierce caregiver who never stops believing in the power of love and prayer. Martin tackles some very tough topics: mental illness, alcoholism, infidelity, brutality, and deceit. But somehow he manages to coddle them in a warm blanket of hope. You will be rooting for Tucker, Mutt, and…
