David Francis
Articles
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
How should you write a novel? David Francis looks to Alice Mattison's "The Kite and the String" to find out.
You Got Pages?
Les Plesko and the Art of Writing
Les Plesko, 1954 – 2013
Lives Derailed, Novel Unfinished
Delving into an unfinished novel is a sticky business. The chance to sneak behind the fluffed and combed prose, and cast a glance at the bare scaffolding can be fraught with expectations and the seeds of disappointment.
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