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 somewhere else.
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 the first book Mary Stewart wrote.
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 of their respective careers.
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?
July 29, 2021
Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree
What can writers learn about secrets, family dynamics, writing fiction from real life, and creating characters who serve the story from Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree?
July 25, 2021
Mary Stewart's Thunder on the Right
Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox discuss Mary Stewart's Thunder on the Right, point of view, an unworldly protagonist, and why they don't enjoy this book as much as other novels she wrote.
April 28, 2021
Mary Stewart's Airs Above the Ground
In this episode of Tart Words, 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.
April 23, 2021
Mary Stewart's The Moon-Spinners
Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox discuss 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.
April 14, 2021
Mary Stewart's My Brother Michael
In this episode of Tart Words, 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.
March 30, 2021
Mary Stewart's This Rough Magic
Linda Hengerer and Suzanne Fox talk about This Rough Magic, how she uses a dolphin as both needing rescue and rescuer, and plays characters off each other who are at the beginning and end of their career.
March 22, 2021
Mary Stewart's Nine Coaches Waiting
In this episode of Tart Words, Suzanne Fox and Linda Hengerer are discussing Mary Stewart’s book Nine Coaches Waiting and how she develops her characters and uses genre.
It was first published in 1958 by Hodder & Stoughton and is now available in ebook editions.
March 17, 2021
Mary Stewart's Wildfire at Midnight
In this episode of Tart Words, we’re 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.
March 9, 2021
Mary Stewart's Madam, Will You Talk?
In this episode of Tart Words, Linda and Suzanne 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.