Teaching What I Love: Novellas
A Favorite Format I love novellas. Like, seriously, I love them. I […]
Category: Craft
Hurray For Magical Cookies!
Last week I was doing some tweaking to my outline. This often […]
Thoughts on Gaining Reader Empathy
A month or two ago, I picked up The Hero’s 2 Journeys […]
Monday Meanderings And Thoughts on Strong Female Characters
This morning’s lifetrack, Follow the Flower from Under the Tuscan Sun. Because it’s […]
The Danger of Making A Villain TOO Smart…Lessons from Bones
Okay first, I have to share the link to the FUNNIEST post […]
What Makes You STOP Reading An Otherwise Good Book?
I gave up on Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan this morning. This isn’t the first […]
A New Perspective on Lit Analysis
I’m thinking about analysis this morning–literature analysis, as it happens. This all […]
Creating Sympathetic Characters: A Lesson From Lost Girl
I think I mentioned last week that one of the reasons that […]
What’s Your Short Story Advice?
I find myself thinking about short stories lately. I have thought since […]
Finding Your Voice
No, I don’t mean your singing voice, although, hey, it’s the holidays–if […]