This post was written by Cynthia Swanson, author of The Bookseller: A Novel.Perhaps you saw the article last month - the one that claimed groups such as book clubs are good for one’s health, especially after retirement. In a study of UK retirees, researchers found that participants who belonged to two or more social groups had very low death rates six … [Read more...]
Keeping It Real: How Much “Fiction” Belongs in Historical Fiction?
Today's post a guest post from Cynthia Swanson, author of The Bookseller: A Novel.When I started writing The Bookseller, it was set in the present day. The novel tells the story of Kitty Miller - a late 30s, single woman who owns a bookstore in Denver with her best friend Frieda. Kitty begins to have nightly dreams of an alternative reality in which she’s a wife and … [Read more...]