A highly subjective rating of common themes in fiction: Topic A: ADULT AND CHILD INTERACTION (Adult) Author Liane Moriarty… Read more FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Childhood
Category: READING FOR WRITERS BLOG
Putting on the Wellies 3: a picture is worth a thousand words
PINTEREST is a couch-potato way of putting on the research wellies. Here is a lookalike for my original African character… Read more Putting on the Wellies 3: a picture is worth a thousand words
Putting on the Wellies 2
Wellies-on-the-ground research in Morocco for the exotic historical fantasy: THE ALBATROSS AND THE LION.
FIVE STAR “I PERSISTED” READS
I had to start Donna Tartt’s THE GOLDFINCH twice, and the second read was super engaging! The same goes for… Read more FIVE STAR “I PERSISTED” READS
Putting on the Long Distance Wellies: 4
In the event you ever want the the Indian sub-continent in a story–some good background for not-my-own-voice authors: HIMALAYA: MOUNTAINS… Read more Putting on the Long Distance Wellies: 4
Putting on the Wellies: 5 AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF HOW-TO-WRITE FICTION BOOKS
Books I’ve found useful, in no particular order: Blake Snyder: SAVE THE CAT Donald Maass: WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL and WRITING… Read more Putting on the Wellies: 5 AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF HOW-TO-WRITE FICTION BOOKS
POINT OF VIEW 2
Merely an addendum: Although I haven’t yet read the non-fiction picture book FLYING DEEP–CLIMB INSIDE DEEP SEA SUBMERSIBLE ALVIN by… Read more POINT OF VIEW 2
QUERY LETTER 1
I dutifully read all the posts at Query Shark (the super-agent Janet Reid’s query tutorial) and rewrote my ALBATROSS AND… Read more QUERY LETTER 1
POINT OF VIEW 1
DEEP POINT OF VIEW QUICK BROWN FOX, a Canadian creative-writing outfit (I wish I lived close enough to benefit directly),… Read more POINT OF VIEW 1
LICKED INTO SHAPE: Revision Strategy 1
Here’s a pared-down version of my revision process based on the FAT acronym gleaned in the main from a lecture… Read more LICKED INTO SHAPE: Revision Strategy 1