Big Girl Writing Advice Needed: The End, Again.
Sitting in the little cramped attic bedroom of our ocean house, watching out over the waves from a slanted window, I’ve finished my book, again. When I say finished, I mean I have read it all the way...
View ArticleQuery Secrets: Knowing Your Characters at the End of Your Book
In fourth and fifth grade, when we want to add on to something someone else has already said, we begin with sentence starters like, “I’d like to piggyback off what so-and-so said,” or “I concur with...
View ArticleFinding Words Again
Almost every blog I follow disappears for a period. Days, weeks, months. Usually, the disappearance is followed by an apology. I don’t have one to offer. My disappearance has been one of introspection,...
View ArticleFinding Your Place as a Writer: Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
Like most people, the majority of what I read is non-fiction. Conservatively, I would estimate I read half a dozen novels per year and twice as many non-fiction books. This does not include blogs and...
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