Becoming Lisa
My journey toward becoming an author started when I was very young. I cannot remember a time when I did not know how to read and since I could read at such a young age, I soon began writing my own...
View ArticleA Murder of Indifference
Being a doctor has never been an easy profession in America, but now it is becoming a deadly one. Doctors are often sued or reprimanded by their respective boards for minor infractions that often have...
View ArticleUpcoming Crime Series
I will be launching a new crime series Spring 2014; focusing on the career of detective Miranda Hoxie. Miranda will be introduced to my readers as she tracks down one of the Twin Cities cruelest...
View ArticleA Little Q & A
I have been asked the following questions so often in the past few months that I have decided to share my answers with my readers. The following are the questions I have been asked and my most common...
View ArticleMorrison’s Three Sisters
Morrison’s Three Sisters by Lisa Korthals Anton Chekov’s famous drama Three Sisters tells the story of Olga, Masha, and Irina who find themselves alone in the wilderness of Russia. Their lives make up...
View ArticleJustice or Vengeance?
Is Justice or Vengeance being served? There is no doubt that the murder of Kira Trevino was a tragedy. A beautiful young woman is dead and a young man will spend the rest of his life in prison....
View ArticleThe Christian Feminist (Podcast)
I have been a panelist a few times for this podcast and I wanted to share this link with my readers! Please feel free to check it out, I am a panelist on the most recent episode 3.2 “I am not a...
View ArticleOreos and Homosexuality
As a Christian, I have become frustrated. Why has the issue of same sex marriage become such a lightening rod to bash those who believe that homosexuality is a sin? I blame the Church and the media. As...
View ArticleThe Never-Ending Journey
I have come to understand that writing is a journey . . . I have even begun to wonder if there ever is a destination. I know the destination I am trying to reach – a completed book. And yet, there are...
View ArticleBookish Thoughts
Bookish Thoughts. Lisa and Lolita, Le viol des deux An Essay by Lisa Korthals One I discovered Lolita in film at the tender age of 11. What I remember most about that summer was that I was always...
View ArticleIn Defense of Confessional Literature an Essay by Lisa Korthals
This essay was written as a response/imitation of William Giraldi’s ‘In Defense of Darkness’ LISA KORTHALS LET THERE BE HEALING IN DEFENSE OF CONFESSIONAL LITERATURE I. CATHARTIC SUFFERING “The only...
View ArticleLisa & Lolita, Le viol des deux
Lisa & Lolita, Le viol des deux I have published my first essay! I am very excited to announce that Dark Matter, A Journal of Speculative Literature has published the essay I wrote on “Lolita” by...
View Article2nd Essay Published!
I am pleased to announce that another of my essays has just been published! Marathon Literary Review has published ‘Let There Be Healing in Defense of Confessional Literature” in Issue 7 (Feb. 2015)....
View ArticlePoetic Addition
Many of you visiting my blog have expressed interest in my creative non-fiction and I wanted to thank you for all of the encouraging and supportive comments. I’ve decided to start sharing some of my...
View ArticleThe Nabokov Affair
One doesn’t take journeys with Nabokov, one has affairs – Lisa Korthals Last year, I spent five months reading, studying, and thinking about Vladimir Nabokov. I wrote several smaller pieces of creative...
View ArticleA Generation of Natural Born Killers
Oliver Stone’s controversial film Natural Born Killers debuted in 1994 to an almost instant cult-following and very mixed reviews. The New York Post called Stone’s obvious satire of an America...
View ArticleAnother Published Essay!
Special thanks to Suzy Hazelwood for publishing my essay “The Never-Ending Journey” in The Writing Garden – Issue 4! It is such an honor to have my piece alongside so many other talented writers and...
View ArticleA Response Worth Sharing
Image found on humanitiesunderground.wordpress.com Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions. – Paulo Coelho Last year, I was given the...
View ArticleMy Journey With Victoria: The Bride of Pendorric
This will be the first of many posts regarding the novels of Victoria Holt. Her novels would be called cozy mysteries today, but she is just as often classified as a writer of romance novels. Not...
View ArticleMy Journey with Victoria – The King of the Castle
The next book I read was The King of the Castle (first published in 1967) and I was immediately intrigued by the Cinderella-like plot and heroine. Dallas Lawson has just lost her father, a famous...
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