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​REALISM & OTHER ILLUSIONS
essays by Thomas E. Kennedy
ISBN: 1-877655-38-4  (38-WC)
first trade edition, 214 pgs. 2002.
$12 plus s/h (U.S. only)

Cover design by Eric Lyman

INVENTORY REDUCTION PRICE: $9.60 plus $5 S&H
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DESCRIPTION

Essays on the craft of fiction. One of ePublisher’s Weekly’s best fifteen non-fiction books of the 2002. 
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PRAISE FOR REALISM & OTHER ILLUSIONS

Kennedy is a great teacher; he gives examples, he speaks directly, and he addresses the issues that matter most. 
— Michael Pastore, Editorial Director of ePublisher’s Weekly


Here’s a book any writer or aspiring one can profit from...Kennedy covers the craft of fiction from theoretical to practical with an authority derived from his own considerable achievements as a fiction writer.
— Gordon Weaver, author of Long Odds, Four Decades


Realism & Other Illusions is a wise and eloquent book about the writer’s calling by master story-teller, Thomas E. Kennedy — it also generously instructs new writers in the art of reading and writing fiction.
— Pamela Painter, co-author of What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers 


This is one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking books I’ve read in a very long time. It is certainly one of the best I’ve read on the subject of creative writing, and it should, without question, be on the bookshelf of anyone who considers themselves to be serious about the craft of writing fiction.
— Zoë King, Words Literary Journal


Realism & Other Illusions might be all the education a writer needs.
​--The Cape Cod Voice

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

For more information on Thomas E. Kennedy, see his website at www.thomasekennedy.com
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      • Madden_gravesinwheat
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      • Martinson_Nordstrom_processions
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