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****Clifford Garstang’s THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY is #193 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION where the Chris Rice Cooper Blog (CRC) focuses on one specific excerpt from a fiction genre and how that fiction writer wrote that specific excerpt. All INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION links are at the end of this piece
The latter refers to another important element, that of Korean animism, which plays an important role. Ultimately, though, I thought the final title pulled together both the cultural and historical elements of the book.
What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date you completely finished it? I started this book in January of 2009 (Right), which I remember because that month I signed a contract for a short story collection and also signed with an agent for another book. With both of those projects more or less out of my hands, it was time to start something new. I “finished” the book—in the sense that I felt ready to shop for a literary agent with it—in September 2011. And I remember that because I was at residency in France at the time. But, of course, it wasn’t done.
I signed with an agent who wanted me to make some changes, and then I changed agents and he wanted more changes. The version that a publisher eventually bought was finished in December of 2013. (Left)
It took a few years to find a publisher, and then they also wanted some changes, which were made in July of 2018 (Right), which would be the date I completely finished the book. The book was published in May of 2019.
Where did you do most of the writing for this fiction work? Most of the writing of the book was done in my home writing studio, a picture of which I’ve included. My studio is a loft space overlooking the great room of my home. When I moved to this house I had some bookshelves built-in (now overflowing) and the loft is very comfortable.
Technically it is a bedroom, so there is closet space for my filing and supplies, but I’ve also got room for a reading chair, a piano keyboard, and even a lounge area for visitors (that I never have). (Above Right: Clifford Garstang's desk top)
While that’s where I do most of my work, I have also done a lot of writing on this and other books at arts residencies, especially the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (both in their Virginia location and at a village in France). And then I’ve always been fond of clearing my mind by setting up a laptop in a coffee shop, so before the pandemic of 2020, I was doing a lot of work there, too. (Above Left: Clifford Garstang's writing space at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in Virginia)
What were your writing habits while writing this work- did you drink something as you wrote, listen to music, write in pen and paper, directly on laptop; specific time of day? Because I spent 20 years practicing law, it has always been my habit to arrive at my desk early in the morning, usually with a cup of coffee to get me going. That carried over into my writing life, so I’m usually at my desk by 8:00 am—the commute from the kitchen is only a few seconds—coffee in hand. At some point I retrieve a second cup of coffee, and by noon I’m usually done writing for the day. The afternoon is spent on other matters—marketing, submitting, correspondence, or whatever else needs to get done before the writing begins again the next day. I write directly on the computer, either my desktop or a laptop, and for several years now I’ve been using the Scrivener program for my fiction work. And I don’t usually listen to music when I write unless I’m in a coffeeshop and need to block out the ambient sounds. When I do listen to music, though, it’s instrumental only, often classical. (Above Right: Clifford Garstang's writing space at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in France)
Please include just one excerpt and include page numbers as reference. This one excerpt can be as short or as long as you prefer. Excerpt. Page 346, The Shaman of Turtle Valley
Driving south on the Pike, Aiken has to pull onto the shoulder as a sheriff’s car flies by, siren wailing, then a fire truck, and then a second. It’s as if he’s racing them, falling farther behind, and he accelerates to close the gap. They turn on his road, and he does, too, skidding on loose gravel, and then he knows. In his gut he understands, even before he sees the smoke, or smells it. And then he does see smoke rising above the trees, black and churning. As he gets closer, he spots three pickups pulled to the side, and men he recognizes from the farmers’ market leaning against their bumpers, watching the flames lick through the roof of his barn. The fire trucks block the driveway, and he pulls into a ditch. He jumps out and into the yard. The barn is engulfed, lighting the night sky. He moves closer, but even if the Sheriff’s man hadn’t dragged him back the angry blaze would have prevented him from getting anywhere near the barn door.
The building burns like dry grass. The windows explode. Now flames are leaping through the roof, and then the roof collapses in a gusher of sparks and cinders. Paint cans erupt inside, each a dull burst, like the echo of a distant gun. Aiken drops onto the steps of the house, eyes tethered to the unfolding catastrophe.
“Got to ask you some questions, Aiken,” Billy says, his leg propped on the step.
“Why would she do it?” Aiken asks. Just then the back wall of the barn collapses, and the two men watch the structure cave in on itself.
“Now, see, that’s just what I was going to ask you,” says the deputy. “We can’t get too near the place yet, of course, but there’s a gas can out in the yard that somebody didn’t bother to hide. I was wondering if you knew anything about that.”
“Me? You think I had something to do with this?”
“I didn’t say that, Aiken. I’ve got to ask. So you think your wife did it?”
“Who else? She wants to hurt me. To punish me. She wants to go home to Korea. Maybe this is her way.”
“Punish you? For what?”
“Damned if I know.” But he does know, and he wishes he could tell her he’s sorry. It’s long overdue.
There’s nothing the firemen can do for the barn, but they stand by in case the flames spread. Billy and Aiken go through the house, room by room, to be absolutely certain she isn’t there. Aiken tells Billy about his dead dog and shows him the gun cabinet. He assures himself and Billy that she’s taken only the shotgun and Hank’s pistol.
“How’d that little girl learn to use a shotgun, Aiken?”
He has no idea. Ordinary people in Korea didn’t own guns, although her father had fought in the Korean War and no doubt knew something about weapons. Maybe she learned from him. But that’s unlikely, from what little he knows about the family, and there has to be another explanation.
It comes to him.
“Cousin Tammy’s a crack shot. She’s been hunting since she was a kid. Damn. We’ve got to call Tammy.”
He dials Tammy’s number, but there’s no answer. It hardly matters. He already knows what she’d say.
“Jesus, Tammy, what have you done?”
Why is this excerpt so emotional for you as a writer to write? And can you describe your own emotional experience of writing this specific excerpt? At this point in the story, the main character Aiken has been struggling to hold his life together. His marriage is shattered, he’s trying to stay afloat financially and take care of his son, and to literally build a home for them together, and in this scene he sees it all come crashing down. What makes it emotional for me as a writer is that I’ve come to identify with Aiken and his world is my world. What he is faced with losing, I am also at risk of losing. I don’t know if I’d be able to carry on if I were in his position, and I don’t know if he’ll survive this blow. My recollection is that I was in a near trance as I imagined this scene and wrote it down. I assume I did edit this scene, but I don’t think I did much too it and, in any case, I don’t have a markup I can share.
Clifford Garstang is the author of three short story collections, including House of the Ancients and Other Stories, new this May from Press 53, and What the Zhang Boys Know, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. He is also the author of a novel, The Shaman of Turtle Valley, and editor of the award-winning anthology series, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. (Above Right: Clifford Garstang at his book launch in May of 2019)
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https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/97-inside-emotion-of-fiction-day-out-of.html
#098 11 13 2019 John F Allen’s
Urban Fantasy Tale
“The God Killers’
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/98-inside-emotion-of-fiction-god.html
#99 11 16 2019 Damian McNicholl’s
Historical Novel
“The Moment of Truth”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/99-inside-emotion-of-fiction-moment-of.html
#100 11 19 2019 Stacia Levy’s
Mystery/Suspense Novel
“Girl Crush”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/100-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girl.html
#101 11 24 2019 Charlotte Morgan’s
Fiction Novel
“Protecting Elvis”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/101-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html
#102 11 26 2019 T. L. Moore’s
Children’s Christian Fiction
“Ed On My Shoulder: Maria & The Candy Trail”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/102-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ed-on-my.html
#103 11 27 2019 Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg’s
Coming of Age Literary Novel
The Nine
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/103-inside-emotion-of-fiction-nine-by.html
#104 11 29 2019 Charlotte Blackwell’s
Adult Paranormal
“MYSTIC EMBRACE”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/11/104-inside-emotion-of-fiction-mystic.html
#105 12 07 2019 Mike Burrell’s
Satire Novel
“THE LAND OF GRACE”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/105-inside-emotion-of-fiction-land-of.html
#106 12 09 2019 Phil McCarron’s
Screenplay
“Escapement”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/106-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html
#107 12 11 2019 Wendy H. Jones’s
Crime Fiction/Police Procedural Novel
“KILLER’S COUNTDOWN”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/107-inside-emotion-of-fiction-killers.html
#108 12 13 2019 Sandra Arnold’s
Historical Literary Fiction
“The Ash, the Well and the Blue Bell”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/108-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ash-well.html
#109 12 16 2019 Amalia Carosella’s
Historical/Contemporary/Duel Timeline/ Women’s
Fiction
“DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/109-inside-emotion-of-fiction-daughter_17.html
#110 12 19 2019 Laura Bickle’s
Weird Western/Contemporary Fantasy
“DARK ALCHEMY”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/110-inside-emotion-of-fiction-dark.html
#111 12 27 2019 Brian Pinkerton’s
Science Fiction Thriller
“THE GEMINI EXPERIMENT”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/111-inside-emotion-of-fiction-gemini.html
#112 12 28 2019 Sandra de Helen’s
Lesbian Thriller
“TILL DARKNESS COMES”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/112-inside-emotion-of-fiction-till.html
#113 12 29 2019 Jo Wilde’s
Vampire Thriller
“THE CROSSING”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/113-inside-emotion-of-fiction-crossing.html
#114 12 30 2019 Sam Richard’s
Short Story Collection of Weird and Transgressive
Horror
“To Wallow In Ash and Sorrows”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/114-inside-emotion-of-fiction-to-wallow.html
#115 12 31 2019 Duncan B Barlow’s
Literary Fiction Novel
“A DOG BETWEEN US”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/inside-emotion-of-fiction-dog-between.html
#116 01 02 2020 Allison Landa’s
Young Adult Novel
“BAD HAIR”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/116-inside-emotion-of-fiction-bad-hair.html
#117 01 03 2020 Pablo Medina’s
Literary Satire Novel
“THE CUBAN COMEDY”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/117-inside-emotion-of-fiction-cuban.html
#118 01 06 2020 William Trent Pancoast’s
Historical/Literary Novel
“THE ROAD TO MATEWAN”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/118-inside-emotion-of-fiction-road-to.html
#119 01 07 2020 Jane Bernstein’s
Contemporary Novel
“The Face Tells the Secret”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/119-inside-emotion-of-fiction-face.html
#120 01 09 2020 Terry Kroenung’s
Young Adult, Historical and Fantasy
“Brimstone And Lily”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/120-inside-emotion-of-fiction-brimstone.html
#121 01 12 2020 Melissa Yi’s
Fiction Thriller
“GRAVEYARD SHIFT”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/121-inside-emotion-of-fiction-melissa.html
#122 01 15 2020 Marcie R. Rendon’s
Crime Thriller
“GIRL GONE MISSING”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/122-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girl-gone.html
#123 01 16 2020 Tori Eldridge’s
Multi Genre Novel
“THE NINJA DAUGHTER”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/123-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ninja.html
#124 01 17 2020 Kristen Joy Wilks’s
Christian Romantic Comedy
“YELLOWSTONE YONDERING”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/124-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html
#125 01 20 2020 Susan C. Shea’s
Cozy Mystery
“DRESSED FOR DEATH IN BURGUNDY”
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/125-inside-emotion-of-fiction-dressed.html
#126 01 22 2020 Phong Nguyen’s
Improvisational Fiction
“ROUDABOUT”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/126-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html
#127 01 23 2020 Kate Thornton’s
Mystery Short Story In Its Entirety
“Ai Witness”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/127-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ai.html
#128 01 24 2020 Phil McCarron’s
Semi Fictional Essays
“The Great Facepalm: The Farce of 21st Century
Normality”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/128-inside-emotion-of-fiction-great.html
#129 01 27 2020 Kenneth Weene’s
Historicized Literary Fiction
“Red And White”
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/129-inside-emotion-of-fiction-red-and.html
#130 01 28 2020 Graham Storrs’s
Science Fiction Thriller
“TimeSplash”
#131 02 08 2020 Angela Slatter’s
Short Story “Terrible As An Army With Banners”
From her Short Story Collection THE BITTERWOOD BIBLE AND OTHER RECOUNTINGS
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/131-inside-emotion-of-fiction-terrible.html
#132 02 11 2020 Joan Joachim’s
Romance
Just One Kiss
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/132-inside-emotion-of-fiction-just-one.html
#133 02 16 2020 Kelsey Clifton’s
Science Fiction
A DAY OUT OF TIME
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/133-inside-emotion-of-fiction-day-out.html
#134 02 17 2020 Soraya M Lane’s
Women Historical Fiction
THE GIRLS OF PEARL HARBOR
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/134-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girls-of.html
#135 03 07 2020
Linked Fiction
BLEACHERS Fifty-Four Linked Fictions
By Joseph Mills
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/135-inside-emotion-of-fiction-bleachers.html
#136 03 15 2020
Science Fiction Romance
BLUE VISION
By Marie Lavender
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/136-inside-emotion-of-fiction-blue.html
#137 03 17 2020
Crime Fiction
12 Bullets
by O’Neil De Noux
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/137-inside-emotion-of-fiction-12.html
#138 03 18 2020
Flash Fiction Piece
Radical
by Kelle Grace Gaddis
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/138-inside-emotion-of-fiction-radical.html
#139 03 20 2020
Mystery
HERE BE MONSTERS
By Jamie Sheffield
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/139-inside-emotion-of-fiction-here-be.html
#140 03 21 2020
Character Driven Novel
UNBROKEN
By Jamie Lisa Forbes
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/140-inside-emotion-of-fiction-unbroken.html
#141 03 23 2020
Literary Murder Mystery
COLD COUNTRY
By Russell Rowland
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/141-inside-emotion-of-fiction-cold.html
#142 04 01 2020
Sci-Fi/Paranormal
SWEET SLEEP
By Kim Cormack
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/142-inside-emotion-of-fiction-sweet.html
#143 04 02 2020
Western Noir Short Story
“Night Rounds”
by James Reasoner
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/143-inside-emotion-of-fiction-night.html
#144 04 03 2020
Southern Fiction
LITTLE TEA
By Claire Fullerton
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/144-inside-emotion-of-fiction-little.html
#145 04 04 2020
Mainstream novel with elements of crime, mystery, and magic
THE FORGETTING FLOWER
by Karen Hugg
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/145-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html
#146 04 07 2020
Historical Fiction
MEDICIS DAUGHTER
by Sophie Perinot
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/146-inside-emotion-of-fiction-medicis.html
#147 04 08 2020
Dark Urban Fantasy with elements of Paranormal Romance
COVEN BORN
by Stephanie Reisner aka AUDREY BRICE
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/147-inside-emotion-of-fiction-coven.html
#148 04 13 2020
Mystery With A Fantasy Twist
DEATH LIVES IN THE WATER
By Shoshana Edwards
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/148-inside-emotion-of-fiction-death.html
#149 04 14 2020
Historical Fiction
ASHES
by Sharon Glogal Friedman
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/149-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ashes-by.html
#150 04 19 2020
Vampire Horror Novelette
Blood Thrasher: The Devil’s in the Metal
by Adam Messer
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/adam-messers-blood-thrasher-devils-in.html
#151 04 25 2020
Historical Fiction
Charis in the World of Wonders
by Marly Youmans
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/marly-youmans-charis-in-world-of.html
#152 04 29 2020
Historical Fiction
The Master of Verona
by David Blixt
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/david-blixts-master-of-verona-is-152-in.html
#153 04 30 2020
General Fiction (Family)
Bread Bags & Bullies: Surviving the 80s
by Steven Manchester
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/steven-manchesters-bread-bags-bullies.html
#154 05 01 2020
Adventure-Thriller/Horror
Into The Ashes
by Lee Murray
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/lee-murrays-into-ashes-is-154-in-never.html
#155 05 06 2020
Coming of Age/Crime Novel
All Things Left In The Wild
by James Wade
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/james-wades-all-things-left-in-wild-is.html
#156 05 10 2020
Paranormal Mystery
Southern Bound
by Stuart Jaffe
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/stuart-jaffes-southern-bound-is-156-in.html
#157 05 13 2020
Mystery/Crime Novel
Yardbird
By Mark Slade
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/mark-slades-yardbird-is-157-in-never.html
#158 05 15 2020
Horror/Crime Novel
Hotel Nowhere
By David E Adkins
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/david-e-adkinss-hotel-nowhere-is-158-in.html
#159 05 16 2020
Satire/Crime Novel
THE LYING BASTARD
by Clint Margrave
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/clint-margraves-lying-bastard-is-159-in.html
#160 05 19 2020
Southern Gothic Fiction
REVIVING THE HAWTHORN SISTERS
by Emily Carpenter
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/emily-carpenters-reviving-hawthorn.html
#161 05 21 2020
Women’s Domestic Life Fiction
MERCY HOUSE
by Alena Dillon
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/alena-dillons-mercy-house-is-161-in.html
#162 05 26 2020
Screenplay/Film
BEAST MODE
by Drew Fortune and Spain Willingham
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/drew-fortunes-and-spain-willinghams_26.html
#163 05 31 2020
Coming of Age/ Psychological Thriller
MY SISTER & OTHER LIARS
by Ruth Dugdall
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/ruth-dugdalls-my-sister-and-other-liars.html
#164 06 01 2020
Psychological Thriller
IN HARM’S WAY
by Owen Mullen
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/owen-mullens-in-harms-way-is-164-in.html
#165 06 02 2020
Small Town Short Story Collection
SNAPSHOT “Old Lady”
by Eliot Parker
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/eliot-parkers-old-lady-from-snapshots.html
#166 06 04 2020
Noir Crime Novel
SKIN OF TATTOOS
by Christina Hoag
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/christina-hoags-skin-of-tattoos-is-166.html
#167 06 06 2020
Coming of Age/Historical
THE ORPHAN COLLECTOR
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/ellen-marie-wisemans-orphan-collector.html
#168 06 08 2020
World War Two Historical Fiction
THE PRISONER’S WIFE
by Maggie Brookes
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/maggie-brookess-prisoners-wife-is-168.html
#169 06 09 2020
Novella
(about the 1960s,
Rolling Stones in their exile,
genocide, it’s survivors, and
people from places that no longer exist.)
BLUE COAST MYSTERY: ALMOST SOLVED
by Nick Sweeney
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/nick-sweeneys-blue-coast-mystery-almost.html
#170 06 11 2020
Family Life/Coming of Age Novel
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAME HELL
by Robert Dugoni
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/robert-dugonis-extraordinary-life-of.html
#171 06 26 2020
Women’s Divorce Fiction
QUEEN OF THE OWLS
by Barbara Linn Probst
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/barbara-linn-probsts-queen-of-owls-is.html
#172 07 01 2020
Short Story “The Belindas” from the Short Story Collection LOVE WAR STORIES
By Ivelisse Rodriguez
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/ivelisse-rodriguezs-short-story.html
#173 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 04 2020
Organized Crime Thriller
BLUES IN THE DARK
by Raymond Benson
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/raymond-bensons-blues-in-dark-is-173-in.html
#174 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 08 2020
Contemporary Literature & Fiction
THE ESCAPE OF MALCOLM POE
by Allison Burnett
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/allison-burnetts-escape-of-malcolm-poe.html
#175 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 09 2020
Horror Novella
TERMINUS STATION
by Jeff Lyons
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/jeff-lyonss-terminus-station-is-175-in.html
#176 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 12 2020
20th Century Historical Romance
“The Bootlegger’s Wife”
by Denise Devine
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/chris-rice-cooper-blog-176-inside.html
#177 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 24 2020
Literary Fiction Novel
“What Drives Men”
by Susan Tepper
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/susan-teppers-what-drives-men-is-177-in.html
#178 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 27 2020
Short story
“Tidings of Comfort and Joyce”
by Kimberly Kurth Gray
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/kimberly-kurth-grays-short-story.html
#179 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
07 28 2020
Historical Fiction
“Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey”
by Kathleen Rooney
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/kathleen-rooneys-cher-ami-and-major.html
#180 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 04 2020
Screenplay
“BUNNY”
by Shaun Hughes
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/director-shaun-hughess-screenplay-bunny.html
#181 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 09 2020
Short Story
“Wrong Road” from the Short Story Collection George’s Mother and Other Weird Stories
by Susan Berliner
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/susan-berliners-short-story-wrong-road.html
#182 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 11 2020
Thriller Mystery
“Death in the Time of Ice”
by Kaye George
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/kaye-georges-death-in-time-of-ice-is.html
#183 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 13 2020
Screenplay
“Igor and Frankie”
by Jim Picariello
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/jim-picariellos-screenplay-igor-and.html
#184 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 14 2020
Short Story
Short Story “Breaking on the Wheel” from the Short Story Collection No Call Too Small.
by Oscar Martens
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/oscar-martenss-short-story-breaking-on.html
#185 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 20 2020
Romance
A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance
by Liz Fielding
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/liz-feldings-secret-safari-second.html
#186 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
08 26 2020
Mystery and Psychological Fiction
Falling Woman
by Richard Farrell
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/richard-farrells-falling-woman-is-186.html
#187 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 03 2020
Children’s Picture Book
MAC AND CHEESE AND THE PERSONAL SPACE INVADER
By Jolene Gutierrez
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/jolene-gutierrezs-mac-and-cheese-and.html
#188 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 07 2020
Screenplay
JUDE COLE
By Janelle Marie Evans
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/janelle-evanss-screenplay-jude-cole-is.html
#189 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 09 2020
Historical Christian Romance
UNTIL JUNE
by Barbara M Britton
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/barbara-m-brittons-until-june-is-189-in.html
#190 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 10 2020
Screenplay
THROUGH THE SILENCE
by Elaine Roberts-Kercheff
http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/filmmaker-elaine-roberts-kercheffs.html
#191 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 16 2020
1960s Historical Fiction
California Dreamin’ Teens Interrupted 2
by KC Sprayberry
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/kc-sprayberrys-california-dreamin-teens.html
#192 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 17 2020
Screenplay
DAUGHTERS LOST TO THE DESERT
by April Snachez
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/kc-sprayberrys-california-dreamin-teens.html
#193 Inside the Emotion of Fiction
09 18 2020
Contemporary Literature and Fiction
THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY
by Clifford Garstang
https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/clifford-garstangs-shaman-of-turtle.html