Quill and Quire

By Dawn Rae Downton

Anybody expecting the quaint, feel-good Newfoundland of E. Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News is bound for a surprise in Dawn Rae Downton’s memoir of early 20th-century Newfoundland. Life is a whole lot tougher in this ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

By Ray Robertson

Conflict is story. Not all novels follow formulas, but a simple and effective formula is to give your protagonist a goal, then create conflict by presenting an obstacle to that goal. In fact, there will ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels