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August 3, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Dog on It’ by Spencer Quinn (4.25 stars)
Dog on It (Chet and Bernie Mystery #1) by Spencer Quinn My rating: 4.25 stars Book Summary: As sidekicks, Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 have nothing on Chet and Bernie. This charming detective duo make their debut in Dog On It, the first volume in Spencer Quinn’s new mystery series. Bernie’s enterprise, the Little Detective […]
August 2, 2016
Blogging Through ‘Scene & Structure’–Chapter 4: “Structure in Larger Elements: The Scene”
Have you scene it? I’ve scene it. And yet I still sometimes fail to make sure my scenes have all of the elements that Bickham discusses in this chapter. Let’s dive right in, shall we? Just as causes result in effects and stimuli result in responses, the scene inevitably—if written correctly—leads to another scene. What […]
August 1, 2016
It’s Reading Report Time! (August 2016)
Happy First Monday of August, everyone. It’s Reading Report Time! . Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links! To format your text, click here for an HTML cheat-sheet. If […]
July 31, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘From London with Love’ by Jenna Petersen (2 stars)
From London with Love (Lady Spies #1) by Jenna Petersen My rating: 2 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: Three of London’s most admired and desired ladies—these women share more in common than grace, beauty and charm. Each with their own special talent, together they are three of England’s greatest spies. From the Desk of Lady […]
Blog Schedule, Week of Aug. 1, 2016 (Including “Blogging Through S&S” Reading Assignments)
Monday, August 1, 2016: First Monday of the Month Reading Report Tuesday, August 2, 2016: Scene & Structure Chapter 4: “Structure in Larger Elements: The Scene” Thursday, August 4, 2016: Scene & Structure Chapter 5: “Structure in Macrocosm: Scenes with Results” Friday, August 5, 2016: Fun Friday (TBD) Hope to see you here!Filed under: Authors/Reading, […]
July 29, 2016
Fun Friday: First Look at ‘Mercy Street’ Season 2!
One of my favorite shows this past spring was Mercy Street, a six-episode run on PBS’s Masterpiece following the final season of Downton Abbey. In case you missed it, MS is the story of Civil War doctors and nurses, civilians and soldiers, in 1862 in and around a Yankee army hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. (See […]
July 27, 2016
Blogging Through ‘Scene and Structure’–Chapter 3: “Structure in Microcosm: Cause and Effect”
It’s not at all unusual for this to happen. I’ll be working on a series here on the blog, and suddenly, a fantastic example of what I want to write about falls into my path. Today, that happened in the form of a video from one of the YouTube channels I subscribe to. As you […]
July 25, 2016
Blogging Through ‘Scene and Structure’–Chapter 2: “Strategy: How to Start Your Story and How to End It”
From our reading of Chapter 1 of Scene & Structure we determined that structure is important to all fiction, but to genre fiction especially. We also discussed that structure, rather than being stifling, can be freeing to us as writers, allowing us to focus on story and character development instead of the nuts and bolts […]
July 24, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Out of the Storm’ by Jody Hedlund (3 stars)
Out of the Storm (Beacons of Hope 0.5) by Jody Hedlund My rating: 3 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: Having grown up in a lighthouse, loneliness is all Isabelle Thornton has ever known–and all, she assumes, she ever will know. But when her lightkeeper father rescues a young man from the lake, her sheltered world […]
July 23, 2016
Blogging Through ‘Scene & Structure’ — Reading Assignments for Week of 7/25/16
. . Monday, July 25, 2016: Chapter 2: “Strategy: How to Start Your Story and How to End It” Wednesday, July 27, 2016: Chapter 3: “Structure in Microcosm: Cause and Effect”Filed under: Authors/Reading, Blogging Through, craft of fiction writing
