Author Archives: L.Nolan, Editor

Do you remember the movie, “Jerry Maguire?” Do you remember the part when he wrote the “mission statement” that ended his employ  with the big agency? Do you remember how exactly he realized what he’d done? It wasn’t when they fired him, it wasn’t when they threw him a party. It was right after he’dContinue reading “Mistake!”

I am posting an article from another writer this week, not only because the topic is interesting (since she too is posting on another writer’s work) but because of the slant of the writer who is posting about another writer–try and keep up. Yes, it’s true. I too am posting with my own slant, and ifContinue reading “Today’s “slant” on…”

When Time Periods Baffle You © by Lydia Nolan May 5, 2019 I have been working on the same novel for years, I won’t even tell you how many. Nonetheless, I have finished it years ago, but went on to edit it and this is where the length of time begins. This is my firstContinue reading “When time periods baffle you”

The average person thinks of someone being “in the dark” as someone who is uninformed. That is not the case with writers, at least not in this conversation of mine at this time. When I think of a writer “in the dark” I am talking about the secret place to which the writer goes: herContinue reading “What Writers Do In the Dark”

© by Lydia Nolan April 11, 2019 Five Reasons Why We Write © by Lydia Nolan April 11, 2019             When I was a six or seven-year-old child my cousin said that I would be a writer. I looked at her with a blank stare. I did not believe her, muchContinue reading “Five Reasons Why We Write”

Review: “Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt Posted on March 30, 2019by L.Nolan, Editor “The panic that overtook me then was hard to explain. Those game days broke up with a swiftness, a sense of losing blood almost, that reminded me of watching the apartment in New York being boxed up and carted away: groundlessness and flux, nothingContinue reading “Review of “Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt”

I keep reading how “this generation is muddying up the entire culture by its Zombian characteristics. You know, education has created students without creativity, only good for multiple choices, no innovation, all robotic responses. Have you heard this? Am I overreacting? Perhaps. But I might throw a few examples out to you. While the priorContinue reading “Who is Capable Anymore?”

Most of us have heard of J. D. Salinger, and the famous novel: “The Catcher in the Rye.” In fact, that novel (1951), and the author, Jerome David Salinger, who has since died (1/27/2010) at the ripe age of 91, has been a mainstay in high schools across America for what the novel deals with:Continue reading “Review: The Roads We Take”

How many agents does it take to screw a lightbulb? Depends upon how far and how bright the light; the reach of the light, what little distractions that may hinder the light; the kind of bulb that can give light for how long…. Does that sound complicated? That’s because it is. There are so many articles,Continue reading “IBC Review Section. Vol.1, S1”