Recently, I started and became a member of a family book club with planned monthly Zoom meetings. This past Sunday was our first. Let me say up front it was great fun. Cousins all, we enjoyed spending the time together, not only discussing the book but checking out one cousin’s latest crafting, briefly talking aboutContinueContinue reading “Reading as a Writer”
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Music in the written word
To me, the written word is like music. It has a beat, a melody, a rhythm, a pattern. Changing any of these can make or break a mood, or cause the reader to wonder at what point the character has strayed from his or her true self. When I write, there’s a certain cadence. IContinueContinue reading “Music in the written word”
Word Count… Really?
I know. Why should there be limitations on how many words are used to tell a particular story? Truly, there aren’t. It’s your story, after all, so you can go on and on and on and on—and on, as long as it serves your tale, right? Well, yes and no. Adhering to word count isn’tContinueContinue reading “Word Count… Really?”
Writing – How Goes That Short Story?
Last week, I was blathering on about starting at the beginning, but not necessarily the beginning, or something like that. I’d suggested an assignment, writing a 500-word short story and I did manage to write one. It’s not outstanding, but it does have all the elements needed, beginning in the middle of action, paragraphs thatContinueContinue reading “Writing – How Goes That Short Story?”
Writing – Start at the Beginning
I don’t mean the above title in a literal sense. You don’t have to start creating a story at its beginning. In time, you’ll end up with a beginning (whether fiction or non-fiction, composition does require one), but when you first start out to put your story down on paper or a computer monitor orContinueContinue reading “Writing – Start at the Beginning”
New Year’s Revolutions
Yes, that’s not a typo, nor is it a call-to-arms. It’s merely a comment on how many times we make New Year’s resolutions with high expectations, abandon them, feel we’ve failed somehow if we don’t meet them, resolve to make new ones when the next year comes around, and round and round and round betweenContinueContinue reading “New Year’s Revolutions”
Judging A Book By Its Cover
This worn-out cliché has come to be known by all as a reference to being quick to judge people, places and things by outward appearance, without giving them a real chance. As readers we take this adage to heart, sometimes without meaning to—it can’t be helped. We are drawn to what attracts us through ourContinueContinue reading “Judging A Book By Its Cover”
Inspired by Dickens
When I wrote my blog titled Ah, that Dickens some time ago, I planned to expound upon it. Time has passed, and I have finally gotten around to it in this blog post about self-publishing and episodic releases. I hope you find it informative. Inspired by Dickens in so many ways… Charles Dickens has alwaysContinueContinue reading “Inspired by Dickens”
Follow the Firefly and Run, Rabbit, Run! by Bernard Carvalho (Book Island Books)
Originally posted on picture books blogger:
Here is a book which you can read from front to back AND from back to front, we kid you not! We love it when we find something we’ve never seen before, or that is quite different from the norm and this ticks all of our boxes and the some.…
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