The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly […]
Blog Hop Continues with Elaine Schmitz
In my participation in the blog hop during the last couple weeks, I tagged Elaine Schmitz whose post about her work in progress, Price of Independence, follows. You can visit her at http://www.elaineschmitz-writer.com Her previously published book, Recipes & Recollections of My Greek-American Family, is available on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Elaine+schmitz&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AElaine+schmitz I’m on a blog hop! Sort […]
Writing Weather in the First Paragraphs
Elmore Leonard states in his book, Ten Rules of Writing, “Never open a book with weather.” He explains that the reader looks for people and will skip ahead to find them if the author writes on and on about the weather. Sheldon Siegel, author of several modern legal novels, spoke at the California Writers Club, […]
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: You’re It!
The blog hop continues with Vi Moore, one of the writers I tagged.
Character BlogHop
Five Author Quotes For Inspiration
Lisa See says, “Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.” How many of you have read her Snow Flower and the Secret Fan or my favorite, Peony in Love? I met her at the San Francisco Writers Conference a few years ago. She’s friendly and talked about how she frequently […]
Charles Dickens Quote
Charles Dickens said, “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” I find that my characters need to be spoken to a little before they reveal themselves. Do you talk to your characters?