Book Reviews

Marquez and his Melancholy Whores

by Bill Wren on August 25, 2011

(Review of Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) When I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores (translated by Edith Grossman), a novella published in English in 2005, I did not like it. I’ve recently re-read it and found it much more rewarding. I believe my first reading was [...]

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The Dutch Wife and multiple stories – a review

by Bill Wren on December 20, 2010

I wrote and posted the review below about six years ago when I first read this book. I liked it so much, I’m reading it again. And so, I’m posting this again … I just finished reading one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in a while. It’s called The Dutch Wife and it’s [...]

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Always fascinated by story

by Bill Wren on October 27, 2010

(This is a repost of something I wrote in 2006. I have long since finished reading the book referred to. In fact, I’ve reread it since. It’s very good. By the way, this is not really a review; it’s a first impressions piece.) I’m currently reading Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting [...]

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Writing voice and Errol Flynn

by Bill Wren on October 12, 2010

Voice is a big deal in writing. I recently wrote about it on Thoughtwrestling in a post titled “Imitate and find your authentic voice.” It was a response to, and augmented (to my thinking) an earlier post written by Mark Powers called, “2 Keys to Writing in Your Own Voice.” As I mentioned in my [...]

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Lost in The Shallows

by Bill Wren on July 14, 2010

“According to an extensive 2009 study conducted by Ball State University’s Center for Media Design, most Americans, no matter what their age, spend at least eight and a half hours a day looking at a television, a computer monitor, or the screen of their mobile phone. Frequently, they use two or even three of the [...]

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