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• Review: The Last Woman in the Forest by Diane Les Becquets

  By Chris Wolak on March 16, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  The great outdoors, strong women, dogs If you like outdoorsy adventure mysteries or thrillers with a psychological edge, then check out Diane Les Becquets’ new book, The Last Woman in the Forest. It’s the story a young woman who loves… Read More ›

• March Reminder! The Willa Cather Short Story Project #2: “The Garden Lodge”

  By Chris Wolak on March 13, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

    Last month we kicked off the Willa Cather Short Story Project with “Flavia and Her Artists.” That story was the first in Cather’s 1905 short story collection, The Troll Garden, her first published book of prose. This month we’ll… Read More ›

• Author Home: Bill and Lois Wilson

  By Chris Wolak on March 10, 2019 • ( 15 )

  

  Two Birthdays On March 10th, I celebrate two birthdays: my physical birthday and my sobriety birthday. Today I’m happy to report that I’m 53 years old and celebrating 18 years of living clean and sober. I’m one of those people… Read More ›

• Review: Wild Bill by Tom Clavin

  By Chris Wolak on March 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m excited to share the review I wrote for Criminal Element of Tom Clavin’s new biography, Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter.

• Willa Cather Short Story Project: Response to Flavia and Her Artists

  By Chris Wolak on February 27, 2019 • ( 10 )

  

      Last week I attended an event with Min Jin Lee in conversation with Mark Oppenheimer. They were talking about writing and one of the comments Min made was about tone. She asked if anyone knew the definition of… Read More ›

• February Reminder! The Willa Cather Short Story Project #1: Flavia and Her Artists

  By Chris Wolak on February 13, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  The Willa Cather Short Story Project beings!

• Review: The Lost Man by Jane Harper

  By Chris Wolak on February 7, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

    My first read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge is The Lost Man by Jane Harper. It just came out here in the U.S. on February 5, 2019 from Flatiron Books. To say I was looking forward to this novel… Read More ›

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