Blog by Alex Hiam | Webster Press | Putney, VT

The Dog that Didn’t Bark in the Night: Saliency Bias in Story-telling & History

In a Sherlock Holmes story about the disappearance of the racehorse Silver Blaze and the murder of its trainer, this exchange occurs...

From the Coffin

Character Development by a Master Below is a guest blog written by Sadie Hiam, who I’m very proud to say is one of my children! Their...

The Great Game of Writing

When I had three soccer-playing kids at home, I volunteered to coach all of their teams. Far from being a chore, it gave me an excuse to...

The Girl With the Pearl Earring Reconsidered

Vermeer’s The Girl With the Pearl Earring is one of the best known works of art in the world, and yet the painting is thoroughly...

Writing is Simply About the Story

We’re taught the rules of fiction in school, things like plotting the story arc and developing the characters and setting. Teachers often...

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