By Kenyon Geiger Before the internet, there was the office break room, the proverbial watercooler, the porch stoop, the cafeteria, the living room. In the fall of 1990, the question, “Who killed Laura Palmer?” echoed throughout these spaces. It was everywhere—festooned across t-shirts, used in the monologues of Johnny Carson, Read more…
By Evelyn Giffin On October 26, 2024, I had the honor of volunteering at the Boston Book Festival alongside many other Emerson students. This was an enriching experience for me because I come from a small town, and it was my first time at any book festival (besides the elementary Read more…
By Theodore Boronkay Many authors try to incorporate multiple perspectives into their writing in place of the singular point of view (POV) of the protagonist. There are advantages to doing so, including gaining a clearer and more heterogeneous view of the fictional setting and being able to peer into the Read more…
By Inanna Carter For me, the hardest part about writing a book is realizing just how much there is to write. Word count is becoming more important in traditional publishing every year, and whether you outline carefully before typing a single word or write freely as the ideas come along, Read more…
By Zenia deHaven How It Started I’m an avid reader. Always have been and always will be. However, avid reading easily leads to the accumulation of a lot of books. Now, some would say that isn’t a problem. And to a degree, it isn’t. Collecting novels and finding unique and Read more…