Tag: Shakespeare

Are You a Plotter or a Pantser?

Posted on by Michael Kahn
I first heard the term in a literary context at a writers conference in Phoenix when the speaker confessed that she was a “pantser.” I was baffled. Up until then, I understand that term as referring to a high school prankster who would sneak up behind someone and yank down his pants. But, the speaker…
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Legal Thrillers for Literary Snobs

Posted on by Michael Kahn
I was talking with a friend about the unfortunate tendency of readers, critics, and publishers to shoehorn every work of fiction into a specific genre, be it romance or science fiction or mystery or historical fiction–as can be confirmed by a stroll through your local bookstore, where the aisles are labeled by the genre they…
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In Praise of the Lowly Weed

Posted on by Michael Kahn
If, like me, you have a lawn out your front door, then taking a Word Association Test using “dandelion” will likely trigger an array of negative terms, including perhaps Weed B Gon and other chemical warfare products offered by Scotts, Ortho, and Monsanto. Thus imagine my surprise at the nearly childlike wonder I experienced earlier this…
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Top 10 Baseball Walk-Up Songs in Literature

Posted on by Michael Kahn
For the true baseball fans among us, name a favorite player and you can name his walk-up song. Same for your team’s closer (whose walk-up song is known as the “entrance song”). For the uninitiated, a walk-up song is that heavy metal, hip hop, or country tune that blares throughout the stadium as the player…
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