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Book Notes: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid & Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
All the stars aligned, and something very wrong happened when I read Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng and Such aContinue Reading
Book Notes: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Noise, noise, noise filling the roaring silence. This was an uncomfortable read. The narrative was incessant and seemed always toContinue Reading
How’s that New Year’s writing resolution going?
As that New-Year vigor starts to lose momentum, how’s that writing resolution of yours going?
“Only idiots need editors.”
Ouch. I’ve literally just heard someone say, “Only idiots need editors.” “Tell that to J.K. Rowling,” my husband responded. AtContinue Reading
Now Reading: Now is the Time by Melvyn Bragg (A Review)
When I first discovered Melvyn Bragg, I was told he was something like a national treasure here in the UK.Continue Reading
Why You Should RUE: Resist the Urge to Explain
“…by never explaining her situations, by trusting her readers to keep up her, [the author] pays her readers the compliment of assuming them to be intelligent. And that’s a compliment any writer would do well to pass along.”
Character Voice & Individuality: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
…the individuality of character voices creates, in the mind, a world with two unique individuals with subconscious (or otherwise) agendas, hopes, desires, and tells.
Now Reading: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
The characters and circumstances in Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last creeped and crawled under my skin, and I both loved andContinue Reading
Now Reading: The Circle by Dave Eggers
It’s been years since I read Eggers’s Zeitoun, a compelling true story that carries a message that is, unfortunately, as appropriate nowContinue Reading
Show, Don’t Tell: Anger, Nervousness, Fear (Example)
Anger, nervousness, and fear: These are the names we’ve given to poignant and complex emotions that can overpower even ZenoContinue Reading
For the Love of the Story 