Tonja's Musings

In Gap Creek , Robert Morgan's primary goal is to create an authentic Appalachian voice in the first person narrative. He states this i...

This is a continuation of a previous post where I looked at some of the techniques used in Gap Creek . Click here to if you would like to c...

In this series, I'm going to take a look at how dialect is rendered (or not rendered) in a handful of Appalachian novels. Today, I'm...

In this little series, which you can read beginning to end if you so desire by clicking this link: Techniques in Appalachian Fiction , I am ...

This post is part of Insecure Writer's Support Group. Sorry I'm late. Sorry I'm missing the requisite link and button and everyt...

How do you write about your family honestly without causing them pain?  It is very cathartic and therapeutic to write about things persona...