Lily Iona MacKenzie's Blog, page 28
August 3, 2020
Where do fictional characters come from?
Where do fictional characters come from? I’ve been asking myself that question for as long as I’ve been writing, but the complete answer still evades me. The process is as mysterious as the origins of life itself, maybe even more so. At least we know that life on earth evolved from some primordial soup. But […]
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July 27, 2020
Writing during the pandemic
I don’t know how it is for other writers during this pandemic, but recently it occurred to me that I hadn’t had a vacation yet this year. My husband and I usually take off for a month each summer, usually starting in early June. During that time, the only writing I do is keeping a […]
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July 20, 2020
Meet Solace Wales, the author of an amazing story of black soldiers under fire in 1944 Tuscany, Italy
“Braided in Fire tells the story of Lieutenant John Fox, a forward artillery observer and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient, who directed friendly artillery fire on his own position as German troops overran Sommocolonia, Italy, on December 26, 1944. Fox’s selfless sacrifice went unrecognized by the U.S. government for half a century simply because he was […]
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July 13, 2020
The Tyranny of Show vs Tell
If you’ve ever taken a writing workshop, you’ve heard many times the bromide “show, don’t tell,” but often the showing part dominates the telling and becomes tyrannical. As a writer friend once pointed out, when we’re writing fiction, we are storytelling and not storyshowing, and there are many ways to tell an engaging story. Of […]
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July 6, 2020
Do your characters have dangerous curves?
My novel Curva Peligrosa was published in 2017, but as I’m revising a new novel for publication in 2021, I’m reminded of the many stages it will go through before final production. With Curva, for a month, I revised the content yet again (I had already revised it on my own multiple times, too many […]
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June 22, 2020
How to overcome writing roadblocks!
I’m in the last stages of reworking my new novel for publication by Pen-L Publishing, due out in November 2021. Its working title is Tillie’s Lust for Life: A Girl’s Quest. An older Tillie, the main character, was featured in my last published novel: Freefall: A Divine Comedy. I need to submit the final draft […]
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June 15, 2020
Are book festivals fair to authors?
Since being locked in place, I’ve been thinking about book festivals I’ve participated in and realize that, while these events are great for focusing on the many book genres available, I also have concluded that I probably won’t attend one again. A couple of years ago, I signed up for the Bay Area Book Festival […]
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June 8, 2020
PDS versus PDF
When I told a long-time friend that the publisher of Freefall: A Divine Comedy, released in 2019, would be publishing my fourth novel in 2021, a long-time friend said, “You’ve worked harder as a writer than anyone I know. I’m proud of you!” I replied, “I’ve learned that perseverance and determination and self-belief are essential […]
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June 1, 2020
Welcome to guest author Cindy Rasicot, author of Finding Venerable Mother: A Daughter’s Spiritual Quest to Thailand, which chronicles her adventures along the spiritual path.
Bio: Cindy Rasicot is a retired Marriage Family Therapist. Her life has been a spiritual journey that took on new dimensions when she and her family moved to Bangkok, Thailand for three years. There, she met her spiritual teacher, Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the first fully ordained Theravada nun—an encounter that opened her heart and changed […]
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May 25, 2020
The elderly killed by Covid 19 also should be remembered today!
It’s been painful for me to read about the number of elderly who have died in senior care facilities in the past few months. Since publishing Fling!, my novel that features Bubbles, a feisty and fun-loving ninety-year-old, I’ve booked readings in senior residences. I hoped that Bubbles would inspire these older readers to share her […]
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