Category Archives: Setting

Killer Nashville’s Book of the Day / Wednesday, March 20, 2013 / “Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction” by Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Clay Stafford

Today’s featured book is Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd “Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction” by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd provide a rare treat for nonfiction writers.  Here is the chronicle of two men … Continue reading →

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The FBI Role in a Post 9/11 World

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Clay Stafford

No one could deny that the world has changed since September 11.  The roles of U.S. Intelligence and Investigative Agencies has changed since then as well.  FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Keith Moses will give you an insider’s perspective … Continue reading →

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How Not Just Setting, but Sense of Place Influences My Writing / Author Sylvia Dickey Smith

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Clay Stafford

My Sidra Smart mystery series is set in Orange, a small Southeast Texas town said to carry its own gravity. You either get out early or you don’t get out at all. I got out early—shortly after high school—and that … Continue reading →

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No Where Else / Author Bruce DeSilva

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Clay Stafford

Newsweek recently crowned New Jersey, where I now live, the most corrupt state in America; but the magazine also declared Rhode Island the most corrupt per capita. My first job after college was with the venerable Providence Journal, our smallest state’s … Continue reading →

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