“Turning Life into Fiction is simply the best guide to writing fiction I have read.”—Altar Magazine

“An enlightening and even inspiring guide to utilizing elements of one’s own life and of one’s family history as fodder for writing novels and short stories.”—Booklist

“If you write fiction, listen up, look around, and take note. Why strain your brain making things up when you can transform real life into stories worth telling? Hemley recommends keeping a journal (‘It’s akin to an artist’s sketchbook’), writing down your dreams (the unconscious is a great source of free material), and mining all those crazy stories your grandmother used to tell. Then combine bits and pieces from these sources, take one great mind leap (and many drafts) and—voila—you've got fiction.”—Amazon.com