Friday Fiction
Friday Fiction: The Power of Three
Among the mainstays in the world of fiction is the TRILOGY. As I cracked upon Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, I wondered why a set of three is so common. It made me…
So Writer, What’s Your Day Job?
Instead of talking about books today, I’m talking about writers! Actually, about writers before they could pay the bills as writers. When people ask me what I do now, I respond that I am a writer. If they probe about…
Friday Fiction: Celebrities Write for Children
Last week, I talked about how celebrities (actors, comedians, politicians, etc.) often try their hand at writing books (last week’s post). You can add the word “author” to the bios of Carrie Fisher, Steve Martin, William Shatner, and Pamela Anderson. Celeb novels…
Friday Fiction: A Secret to Getting Published
Want to become a best-selling author? I have the secret to unbridled success! Become a celebrity first. Of course, celebrities have long been known for publishing memoirs, autobiographies, and tell-all books. But in recent years, a large number of the famed and fortuned…
Friday Fiction: What Are Your Guilty Pleasures?
Yes, of course, we are all high-brow literature lovers with titles like The Brothers Karamazov and A Tale of Two Cities gracing our bookshelves. We can’t wait to hear the winner of the next Pulitzer Prize and dutifully read New York…
Friday Fiction: It’s a Classic!
Don’t know what to read? Pick up a “classic.” There is a reason that some books survive the weathering of time and become classics. While we may not enjoy every read in that section of our library or bookstore, plenty…
Friday Fiction: The Club Picks
Like many of you, I’ve been in a book club for several years now. Our book club meets every other month, reads one or two selections, and discusses the book(s) for a little while and our personal lives for a long…
Friday Fiction: Getting Hooked
If not for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Carolyn Keene, would I have become such an avid reader? I don’t know. But my memories of books as a young girl include hours delving into the lives of Laura in the Little…
Friday Fiction: What to Read Next?
My Next Reads Stack It’s a toss-up for whether my Netflix queue or my Next Reads stack is larger. My husband recently said, “I could have three lifetimes, and never get through all the books I want to read.” I…
Friday Fiction: Flash Fiction #2
Having finished a first draft of my middle-grade novel, I am awaiting editing comments from a beta reader. I’m not ready to delve into another large project, but I do enjoy continuing to write fiction. Thankfully, there are some great…