Saturday Seven: Writing Lessons
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews I love, Love, LOVE the "Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook" by Donald Maass. I love it so much, if I only had one writing book in my library, it would be this one. It's…
Saturday Seven: Books I’m Surprised I Liked
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews There have been times I've read books recommended to me by friends, or ones I picked up free, ones I would never have read otherwise because they're outside my norm... and lo and behold,…
Saturday Seven: Animals in my stories
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews I love animals. I grew up surrounded by them, and not just dogs and cats. We lived "off the land" for a few years when I was in my tweens, so we had chickens…
Saturday Seven: Favorite fairy tale retellings
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews I've been contemplating a Cinderella story ... it wasn't what I'd planned on working on, but it won't let go, so I find myself plotting things every time my brain has the slightest bit…
Wednesday Woo Woo
Do you believe in ghosts? I like to think I'm a skeptical believer. I believe there is reason to believe ghosts (and other types of paranormal beings like demons and poltergeists) exist. I certainly believe that there's more to our…
Saturday Seven: Dream Reading Nooks
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews I love reading, obviously. Mostly I read in bed any more, but there are days I dream of a life of leisure where I have time to just lounge and read. For those days,…
So many ideas …
Who wants to help me decide what to work on? I have about a dozen stories started, and I just don't know which one I should really hunker down with. I really like them all! So, I'm begging for your…
Saturday Seven: Young Adult Books into Movies
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews Recently, it seems to be largely young adult books being made into movies (there are exceptions, of course, but the majority have been). Since I've been reading a lot of YA in the past…
Truth is stranger than fiction
I wrote a story some time ago called The Christmas Curse. I remember when I submitted it, my editor said she had a hard time believing some of the stuff would actually happen. The funny part about that? The things…
A little flash …
About a million years ago (okay, 17 years) I joined an online community called Writers Village University. As part of the free trial, first class they had we had to write a piece of flash fiction using all the senses. …