Eleanor Whitmore, Author at The Contemporary Small Press

New Fiction Books Worth Discovering From Emerging and Established Writers

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 20, 2026

I have always found that the most satisfying reading discoveries are not necessarily the books sitting at the very top of every bestseller list. Some novels catch my attention because of a strange premise, a writer I have never read before, or a story that feels difficult to describe in one sentence. Those are often […]

How to Draw an Open Book in 7 Easy Steps

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 20, 2026

Most people make the same mistake on their first open book drawing: they try to draw both pages as flat rectangles, and the whole thing looks like a door, not a book. Four simple curved lines fix that entirely. This guide will show you exactly how to draw an open book from scratch, walk you […]

Dams Irene Sola Book Review: A Wild Metafictional Debut

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 20, 2026

Some novels tell a story. Irene Solà’s debut keeps asking who has the right to capture one, distort one, and release it back into the world. In this dams irene sola book review, what grabs me most is not simply Ada’s homecoming. It is watching an entire village become combustible material for fiction. Dams, originally […]

American Transcendentalism: Major Authors, Works, and Ideas

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 20, 2026

American literature did not find its independent voice overnight. In the decades before the Civil War, a small group of New England writers began asking unusually bold questions: What if truth came from within rather than from institutions? What if nature could teach us as much as books? And what if an individual had a […]

What Is Print on Demand for Authors? A Practical U.S. Guide

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 20, 2026

A physical book no longer has to exist before someone buys it. That is the basic idea behind what is print on demand for authors: a finished book file stays in a printer’s system, and a copy is produced only after an order arrives. For independent writers, POD removes one of publishing’s oldest risks—paying for […]

Turn Every Location Into a Powerful Storytelling Tool

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 20, 2026

When I think about memorable stories, I rarely remember the characters in isolation. I remember the places surrounding them: the locked house, the restless city, the silent forest or the village where every neighbour knows too much. These locations stay with me because they actively influence what happens. Learning how to use setting to strengthen […]

How to Choose the Right Point of View for Your Story

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 19, 2026

I once believed choosing a narrative viewpoint was simply a matter of deciding between “I” and “she” or “he.” However, I soon discovered that the decision affects far more than pronouns. It controls what readers know, how closely they connect with characters, and when important information is revealed. When I consider how to choose the […]

How Poetry Helps People Express Difficult Emotions Without Saying Everything

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 19, 2026

I have noticed that some feelings become harder to explain the more personal they are. Saying “I’m sad” can feel almost useless when sadness is mixed with anger, relief, guilt, or longing. Sometimes a poem has made more sense of a feeling than a long conversation because it did not ask me to explain every […]

Asmodeus Rita Indiana Book Review: Demons, Metal & Memory

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 19, 2026

A fading demon, an aging Dominican metal star, black magic, dictatorship scars, and a week of stolen bodies should not fit neatly inside one novel. Rita Indiana seems uninterested in neatness anyway. My asmodeus rita indiana book review finds its strongest idea in that chaos: possession becomes a way of asking who gets forced to […]

Is Theo of Golden a Christian Book? A Full Review

Eleanor WhitmoreJuly 19, 2026

Readers keep landing on this question after the first fifty pages: is this a faith book wearing a fantasy costume, or something else entirely? The short answer is that is theo of golden a christian book is genuinely complicated to answer, and that complexity is exactly what makes the novel worth your attention. This piece […]