Tag: Fiction

• TOP THREE BOOKS: CONTEMPORARY FICTION

  If I have a weakest books category (I’m not admitting that, by the way, I’m just saying that if I had one) it would be contemporary fiction.  The reasons for this are manifold.  First, I prefer other genres of literature than the basic American contemporary novel.  Second, I spent too much time reading older books.  […]

  Jamie Greening

  May 14, 2014

  All, blogging, Books, Culture, Movies

  A Painted House, contemporary fiction, Fiction, John Grisham, Kazuo Ishiguro, Khaled Hosseini, Never Let Me Go, Novel, Robin Cook, The Kite Runner, Toxin

• THE MONSTER STORY

  “Well, that’s mostly true, and I know who and what you are and what your expertise is,” he picked his teeth with his fingernail, “But we’re not going to beat the Russians with rockets and Buck Rogers alone.  We need more.”  Then the President paused and looked away, as if suddenly saddened.  “We are going […]

  Jamie Greening

  December 30, 2013

  All, Culture, Writing

  amazon.com, Books, Fiction, horror stories, literature, monster stories, political commentary, science fiction stories, short stories, stories, the 1960s, the 1970s, Writing

• POINT OF VIEW AND INTERIOR DIALOGUE

  I apologize for neglecting the blog the last week or so.  I’ve been busy working on my novel (and fighting with health insurance companies–Yeah, I’m talking about you Blue Cross Blue Shield–and you should know you will be a bad guy in a future novel or short story.  Bet on it.) The fun part of […]

  Jamie Greening

  September 19, 2013

  All, Books, Writing

  Dave King, Fiction, interior dialogue, Renni Browne, Self-Editing, storytelling, Writing