At first, writers and authors sent out a collective, knowing sigh: “Oh, yes, we know what quarantine is all about.”
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Revising Your Novel Means Reading (A Lot) Yipee!
When my literary agent, Paula, sent back my manuscript with a request for more edits and revisions, she suggested that before revising my novel I “take a breather, and read more (newly published comps.)” Continue reading “Revising Your Novel Means Reading (A Lot) Yipee!”
At Last, I Love Little Women & Why Maybe You Will Too
My best advice to anyone planning to see Little Women is to just let the movie wash over you. Don’t try to figure out the timelines and which scene is a flashback and which one a flash-forward. Or which is a memory and which one a dream — especially if you’ve never read the book, or read it so long ago you’ve forgotten most of it. Continue reading “At Last, I Love Little Women & Why Maybe You Will Too”
Online Sleuths Strike Again in Riveting True Crime Drama
Is this a fitting blog post to mark the end of 2019? The true crime drama in this blog title is the Netflix TV series Don’t F**k With Cats. It’s a three-parter which I had to — just had to — binge-watch.
Initially, I thought I should write something weightier for the last blog of the year; something summarizing my journey along the road to being a published author again. But no, 2019 was pretty much of a waiting game for me. Continue reading “Online Sleuths Strike Again in Riveting True Crime Drama”
14 Books I Couldn’t Put Down in 2019
Choosing a book to buy or loan from the thousands available in bookstores, libraries and online is not easy, these days. It’s especially not easy if you’re writing one yourself. Nevertheless, I’m happy to say, I’ve read 48 novels this year, and 12 non-fiction books. Only a handful kept me turning the pages. Continue reading “14 Books I Couldn’t Put Down in 2019”