Book Review: A Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay
Emily Price—fix-it girl extraordinaire and would-be artist—finds herself in Atlanta, repairing objects damaged in a house fire. As she works to restore the home and dreams of one family, she strives to keep the pieces of her own life in perfect order and secure her own happy ending—a gallery show [...]
Goals! And Other Stuff for 2017
I’m still trying to figure out what happened to 2016. I had big plans in January – BIG plans! Then the summer hit, I took a temporary full-time job, and BAM! More than four months gone. That put a big dent in things. I’m planning to bang that dent out [...]
Scenes: The Building Blocks of Novels by James Callan
Pantser or plotter? It makes no difference. Books are daunting. Ninety to a hundred thousand words. Too much to grasp at once. But what I'm saying today is, forget that huge, monstrous book. Don't focus on the total book. Concentrate on a scene. Entire books have been written on scenes, [...]
Top Ten Christmas Distractions (or Why I’m Not Accomplishing Much)
A quick confession: inside our house the Christmas lights stay up all year. We don’t turn them on until the days get shorter, but we don’t take them down either. My husband and I love the Christmas season so much that we want to be ready when the season arrives. [...]
O Holy Night
I had the pleasure of singing with this choir when I was in college. I really miss it this time of the year. This is one of my favorite carols ever. No writing tips today. Just music. Enjoy.