Metaphorically Speaking, That Is

I’m halfway through chapter nine of my work in progress, with the goal of finishing that chapter today.

As for our writing post today, I’m kind of fascinated by book passages where metaphors are skillfully used to describe something simple–like the taste of ice cream, a driving a car, etc. In Harlan Coben’s latest, THE STRANGER, he writes this: “Thomas had gotten his learner’s permit a week ago–the parental equivalent to a stress test without using an actual EKG machine.” That literally made...