Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Year: 2011

  • In Leah’s Wake

    The allusive title in Terri Giuliano Long’s debut novel, In Leah’s Wake, contemplates a variety of connotations, multiple ripples of meaning which contribute to the overall intensity of this deeply moving psychological family drama. For this particular work, I like Oxford’s definition of a “wake” as “turbulent air left behind by a body in flight.” The body in flight here is Harvard-bound soccer star Leah.…

  • The Third Choice

    I’ll be working on my galleys for The Paris Notebook today. It has been a long haul getting this book into production. Yes, it’s nice to have an editor, a cover artist, POD and a marketing department all working for me at no cost to me. But right now, I’m split down the middle about which way I…

  • So This is Christmas

    These days, I live my life with a soundtrack from my younger years. And this month, it’s John Lennon. I remember his Christmas song, and the background vocals “War is over, if you want it…war is over, now.” I love the hope in those words, and all Lennon did for peace. This is the time of…

  • Treasure Me

    The first novel in a series by Christine Nolfi  starts with a jam. Not the kind you put on toast, but the type of trouble petty thief Birdie Kaminsky seems to often find herself in. Within one second of meeting Birdie, despite her lawless attitude, something clicks. This is a vivid and desperate character. Birdie hasn’t had…

  • Magic Wands

    In the tarot deck, wands (aka rods) are the cards that stand for creative endeavors. Had I read my cards this morning, I would have been surprised to learn that I would somehow find 3K words when as I sat down to write I had zero ideas. Since I know how my story ends, I was…