Friday Fiction
4 Reasons Why Book Trumps Movie
The Hunger Games was released in theaters on Friday, March 23. Like many others, I saw it on the same day. The reviews have since been rolling in. I personally enjoyed the film and give it a hearty thumbs-up . .…
Revamping My Blog
Friday is the day I’ve been posting on the topic of fiction – talking about vampire books, classic books, celebrity writers, author franchises, and more. Not today. I have an announcement: I’m revamping my blog! One fabulous feature of a…
Friday Fiction: My Best Movies of All Time
I grew up in a movie-going family. We drove 30 minutes to the nearest theater to see the latest movies, watched films at home whenever they came on TV, and rented videotapes for viewing as soon as that technology became…
I’m Throwing an After Party!
I interrupt the regular Friday Fiction programming to make the following important announcement. Even though I’m an admitted introvert, I love a good party! Fun people, delicious food, cool activities, decorations, even dress-up . . . I’m up for pretty much…
Friday Fiction: What Are Y’all Reading?
I recently combed through our Borders store a second time looking for going-out-of-business bargains and walked away with another stack of books. This time, most of the books were for my family; however, I did add to my To Be…
Who Wrote It? Author Franchises
So you pick up yet another book from an author who has churned out four this year already, excited to crack open the spine and yet wondering how he manages to write so many novels. But then you discover, he…
Larger than Life Characters
It’s Friday Fiction time! I recently read a great post by Literary Agent Kate McKean (top ten things agents and editors want to see every day of the week) and noticed a phrase she used to tell people not to wallow…
My Reluctant Conversion to Ebooks
I lament the loss of texture. With our touch screen world, it is becoming rarer and rarer to feel the push buttons of a telephone, an ATM, or a debit card machine; the click of a mouse rather than…
Top 10 Quirky Comedy Films
I’m taking a respite from book-focused Friday Fiction. Perhaps this is better titled a Friday Favorite post, since I wanted to talk about some favorite films. While writing about American vs. British English, I watched part of A Fish Called Wanda…
15 Famous Fiction Sidekicks
One of my duties at church camp a couple of weeks ago was to assist the secretary with various administrative tasks. We wear nametags all week for identification and security, so I added “M’s Sidekick” to the job description on…