Life is 10% of what happens to you, and…
Month: February 2019
« J’aime celui m’aime. Est-ce ma faut à moi… »
The Ballad of Calle and Maja – a short story
Scene from an icy Lake
Author Marlon James on the ludicrousness of high & low literature
Here Are The Reasons Publishers And Literary Agents Reject Manuscripts
Many of the factors behind rejection letters are outside the author’s control, but some aren’t, and understanding the rest makes rejection less punishing.
— Read on www.standoutbooks.com/manuscript-rejection-reasons/
Making Sense of Past Time — Ruffina Oserio, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Prologue — from the novel Making Sense in Past Time
A 4-Star Review @ Amazon: A triumphant look at relationships and the miscommunication that can occur within them. But what Lawrence does is take it a step further by delving into cultural misunderstandings. When cultures clash how does this affect correspondance and social cues and interactions. These short stories are definitely worth a read. The main characters in each of the stories goes through a self revelation or self discovery. This comes in different forms. And for this reason it is a book anyone can relate to.
Excerpt from “Strangers in Another Country”, a long short story and title of my debut book
“Recently, the struggle for freedom and equal rights for Afro-Americans has euphorically come over me. Before that, the cause appeared so distant— typically American. The voting rights, segregation, etc. Until, by chance, after having watched a couple of television documentaries, read a few articles that appeared in my evening newspaper, and listened to one or two African and West Indians, my interest in the Afro-American struggle began. The calls for solidarity from some black militants with the oppressed peoples of the Third World seem to appeal to the idealist within me. The black cultural slogan ‘Black is Beautiful’ had already become fashionable amongst some members of the black diaspora in Stockholm.”
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