Tag: fiction
Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
A novel set on the North Carolina coast is the best book I’ve read this year. Read More …
Finding Your Next Book
Finding the next book to read can be a challenge. Here’s how I do it. Read More …
A Christmas Kayak Story
Here’s a short story to thank my readers for a great year. Merry Merry! Read More …
Book Review: Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult’s twenty-fifth novel drops us into a racially charged world—and makes us realize that there is no other kind. Read More …
2018 Holiday Book List
A holiday-inspired list of books that will take you to another world. Happy shopping and reading! Read More …
Character Building: Getting to Know You
A sappy musical lyric is playing in my head, with good reason for once. Read More …
Dare to Fail: Plotting the next Novel
Outlining the next project may help me get to The End, or it may be a complete failure. Only one way to find out. Read More …
2017 Holiday Book List
9 reading recommendations for 2018, mostly fiction Read More …
Writing Consistent Characters: Devilish Details
Characters often come and go as I get distracted by other things. How then do they maintain such consistency in their smallest quirks? Read More …
Dream-thinking in Images
Half-awake is when I have my best ideas. Read More …
