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Name of fiction work? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? The Sound of Wings. The working title was The Butterfly Garden. My publisher asked me to change it as there is already a book on the market with the same. I reached out to my good…… Continue reading #234 Inside the Emotion of Fiction: Suzanne Simonetti’s THE SOUND OF WINGS

“If the parricide offender doesn’t get treated there is no reason to think that all of a sudden just because the person is dead that everything is going to be fine in their lives.  I said this once seriously but it is kind of funny:  “There is no such thing as a happy homicide.” –…… Continue reading “NO SUCH THING AS A HAPPY HOMICIDE”

David B. Prather in May of 2021. Copyright by David B. Prather Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? This poem came from a real situation.  Before the pandemic took hold, I was active in the local…… Continue reading #284 Backstory of the Poem: David B. Prather’s “EXODUS”

Iva Ticic in May of 2021. Copyright granted by Iva Ticic Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? This was a fairly quick one to write. I was back home after three years of living in China,…… Continue reading #283 Backstory of the Poem Series: Iva Ticic’s “The Exodus/ And Then There Were None”

Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? About a quarter of a century ago (in 1999 or 2000), I was teaching a creative writing class at Essex Community College in Baltimore County. In a nearby neighborhood that…… Continue reading #282 Backstory of the Poem series: Charles Rammelkamp’s “The Astronomy Professor’s Hubris”

Has this been published?  If yes, what publisher and what publication date? Twice a Daughter releases next week, May 11, 2021. She Writes Press is a hybrid publisher and received the 2019 Indie Publisher of the Year Award. https://shewritespress.com/ What is the description of this memoir? Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because…… Continue reading Julie Ryan McGue’s “Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family and Belonging” is #007 in the never-ending series called THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR.

Name of fiction work? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? Extreme: A Novel.  The book did in fact have a previous title, “Fear to Shred” What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of…… Continue reading Joan Gelfand’s “Extreme: A Novel” is #233 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION where the Chris Rice Cooper Blog (CRC) focuses on one specific excerpt from a fiction genre and how that fiction writer wrote that specific excerpt.

Name of fiction work? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? Two In The Head. I usually have a title before I begin writing and this one stuck the whole way through. It’s meant to be clever because in the book the lead character splits into two…… Continue reading Eric Beetner’s TWO IN THE HEAD is #232 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION

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