Clients: The Moment
“Kennedy is astonishing at communicating his characters’ emotional turmoil . . . and he tosses tough ethical questions our way as he ponders the ‘moment’ that could change everything—and the very nature of love.” — Library Journal (starred review)
From Douglas's Blog
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Truth is a Subjective Matter
One of life’s great truisms is the fact that we rarely see what is in going on in our lives at the very moment that we are living this experience. I remember a poignant (in retrospect) moment one month before my marriage in 1985 when, during a weekend in West Cork (my first wife was… Read more »
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EXPOSITIONAL THOUGHTS
One of the many interesting facets of writing fiction is the fact that, unless you are beginning a novel which starts when the central character is born (“David Copperfield” springs to mind), the fact is: you are generally starting the narration in the middle of events. In my new novel, “Five Days”, the opening scene… Read more »
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MY WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY
I have been wondering recently about the need that some people have to be right at all costs. Conviction politicians- especially those who say, “There is no way but this way”, always terrify me – whereas I respect someone who operates in the world of realpolitik and understands that most human situations are profoundly nuanced.… Read more »
