Author: Katie O'Rourke

This topic has become a series, I guess. I wanted to include a female narrator. Here’s a passage from Sue Miller’s The Senator’s Wife: “Upstairs they stand on o...

In my last blog, I promised an example of a sex scene from a literary novel that I think is done well. Here’s an excerpt from Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall:...

I recently read an article about how difficult it is to find quality sex scenes depicted in literary fiction. The argument is that the absence feels pretty cons...

Jessica Bell’s novel String Bridge tells the story of Melody, who gave up her life as a musician when she had her daughter with her music promoter husband. At f...

The following review for my book can be found on the Literary Inklings website: Riley is a Massachusetts girl fresh from college when she boldly moves across th...