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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header.
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Tag Archives: Books
Marquez and his Melancholy Whores
(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 … Continue reading →
The Dutch Wife and multiple stories – a review
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 … Continue reading →
No absolutes with stories
While it is helpful to think of stories as equations there is one very important caveat. Unlike a mathematical equation where the result is absolute (1 plus 2 can only be 3), results are never absolute with stories. There are … Continue reading →
People and stories — Part 1
Yesterday I wrote that, “A story is people involved in events told by people to people.” I then asked why some stories are interesting and others dull. I suspect the answer to that has to do with that word “people.” … Continue reading →
Master storyteller – Robert Louis Stevenson
If you want someone to model yourself after as a storyteller, go to Robert Louis Stevenson. Now that guy could tell stories. Many writers, like myself, make the mistake of writing. I’ve done that and still find myself doing it. … Continue reading →
