Tart Thoughts Episodes
Tart Thoughts: Linda Hengerer and/or Suzanne Fox discuss wonderful writing and what writers can learn from the masters.
Oct. 26, 2024
5-Minute Drill: Setting
What do writers need to consider about Setting for their story?
Oct. 26, 2024
Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book The Ivy Tree and how she uses Brat Farrar, Josephine Tey’s fictional take on a real-life situation, to guide the reader in one direction before taking them so…
Oct. 26, 2024
Russia Week - Dick Francis's Trial Run
Linda Hengerer talks about Dick Francis’s book Trial Run, and how he uses setting to emphasize the story, shows how societal expectations affect actions, and how to build characters for story.
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's Thunder on the Right
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Thunder on the Right and how she uses omniscient point of view, how her protagonist differs from her usual protagonist, and why we think this might have been …
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's The Moon-Spinners
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book The Moon-Spinners how she uses setting, shows family love and loyalties, and how her characters answer a call to adventure.
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's Airs Above the Ground
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Airs Above the Ground and how she uses unusual settings, creates vivid animal characters, and shows relationship dynamics.
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's My Brother Michael
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book My Brother Michael and how she uses setting, incorporates both ancient and recent history, and how her characters answer a call to adventure.
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's This Rough Magic
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book This Rough Magic and how she uses a dolphin as both needing rescue and being the rescuer, and plays characters off each other who are at the beginning and end…
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's Nine Coaches Waiting
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Nine Coaches Waiting and how she and develops her characters and uses genre.
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's Madam, Will You Talk?
Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Madam, Will You Talk?, and how she uses POV (Point of View) and Backstory in this twisted tale of murder, betrayal, and love.
Oct. 25, 2024
Mary Stewart's Wildfire at Midnight
Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Wildfire at Midnight and how she uses setting, genre, and plot in this story about mountain worship taken to the extreme.
Aug. 21, 2021
5-Minute Drill: Setting
What elements of setting do writers need to consider for their story?
Aug. 7, 2021
Russia Week - Dick Francis's Trial Run
What can writers learn from a Grand Master of the genre about secrets, societal expectations, setting, and building characters for story?