Given my entire editorial vibe is “let’s make your story unforgettable,” this probably seems like a blog post that will work against me. After all, isn’t the whole purpose to remember good stories? Short answer:…
Turning a page is such a small, simple action. And yet, getting readers to continuously do it several hundred times can be a herculean task. Of course, the turning of pages can be metaphoric, and…
I got into a discussion this week with a friend about movie remakes. There are so many ways I could go with this. Like, for example, that I love to read fairy-tale retelling books but…
Psst! Notice anything different? If not, that’s okay, I won’t keep you in suspense (especially if you’re reading this in an email and wouldn’t notice anyway). But if you happen to be on an actual…
Picture it: Holiday, year of choice. Fifteen people sit around a table, three of whom decide they will tell the story of an event they all recently attended. As they do, the other twelve sit…
Back in January when I decided to start blogging again, I didn’t really have a plan. I chose the words “humanity, community, story” as the motivation for the blog and the tagline of my website…
Despite having a degree in psychology, I actually quite dislike using terminology to define how I’m feeling. Perhaps it’s because the degree makes me more aware that I’m just plopping down labels that may or…
…because it makes no sense to do that if you don’t— Confused? Thought so. Now imagine that sentence had gone on for pages, but instead of whatever it was talking about, it detailed a sudden…
Writing multiple perspectives in a novel can be likened to the common idiom “there are two sides to every story,” where you replace “two” with however many characters’ points-of-view (or POVs) are used to tell…
If no news is good news, then what’s news that isn’t good or bad news? (If you don’t know, it’s okay. I don’t either.) A few weeks ago, I wrote this post about my journey…