I want to thank Renee at Mother Daughter Book Review for allowing me to guest post and for making the post look so lovely. I did research on photography as illustration in children’s picture books and found an interested study that illuminated a hybrid genre. I hope you’ll take a moment to click on theContinue reading “A Quick Note of Thanks”
Category Archives: Reading
A Happy Discovery – Free Indirect Discourse: I Was Already Using It, But Now I Know When and How to Use It Correctly
I first saw the term Free Indirect Discourse while reading the chapter on Flannery O’Connor in Write Like The Masters by William Cane. Cane describes Free Indirect Discourse (FID) as “A popular technique with good writers, FID involves narrating a scene in language that contains some elements from the lexicon of one of the charactersContinue reading “A Happy Discovery – Free Indirect Discourse: I Was Already Using It, But Now I Know When and How to Use It Correctly”
Part Two The Worrying Wave of Weak Verbs: a cautionary tale of the murderous search for to be, to have, to do, to get, to go and to make
In my last post, I shared an amazing discovery, a little book full of helpful tips called The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier by Bonnie Trenga. At the end of exploring Chapter Seven, you’ll recall I encountered a “there was” problem in my manuscript. After my battle with “there was”, I moved on toContinue reading “Part Two The Worrying Wave of Weak Verbs: a cautionary tale of the murderous search for to be, to have, to do, to get, to go and to make”
Strange Pleasures and Hedonic Motivation
Spring has sprung here in the great Northwest and my interests have turned to fun and joy. Last weekend was all about planting the garden and Monday I inflated my kayak and had the lake all to myself. The inflatable kayak, acquired two years ago, suddenly became a brilliant purchase as the lake (actually aContinue reading “Strange Pleasures and Hedonic Motivation”
Write Like the Masters: Hemingway vs. Subordination
I enjoyed reading Write Like the Masters by William Cane. The book included fun facts about the writing habits of some great authors and also included interesting techniques to emulate these authors. One part of the chapter about Ernest Hemingway really grabbed my attention, the part about subordinating conjunctions. According to William Cane, “If youContinue reading “Write Like the Masters: Hemingway vs. Subordination”
Avi: Read Good Writing
Today I discovered an amazing children’s author: Avi. Avi has written over seventy books for young readers to young adults and is still writing. My first foray into his work was a fun historical fiction novel called Murder at Midnight about a magician’s assistant and the magic of the printing press. This evening, I planContinue reading “Avi: Read Good Writing”
Booklist: Finding Books To Get Excited About
During my last visit to the library–on my mad hunt for middle grade fiction represented by agents I want to query–I happened upon Booklist, a magazine full of book reviews from the American Library Association. I browsed the magazine and noticed it also had a web component booklistonline.com. Though that site wants you toContinue reading “Booklist: Finding Books To Get Excited About”
Reading as a Writer: Today I learned something I do NOT want to know!
Recently, while reading a manuscript, I came across some dialogue that looked to be punctuated incorrectly, so I made a note about it that I intended to give to the author. This morning, I got online to find reputable sources that would back my claim. To my surprise, honestly horror, I found seven different sourcesContinue reading “Reading as a Writer: Today I learned something I do NOT want to know!”
Exploring: Book treasure at the local thrift store
I often stop by the local Goodwill to peruse the books. I recently found a hardback of Eco’s Foucalt’s Pendulum in excellent condition and a Complete works of Poe. This week, I found an extra special treasure: A Stephen King Pop-up book! For those of you that haven’t read the story (originally published in 1999),Continue reading “Exploring: Book treasure at the local thrift store”
Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?
Since I’ve been pushing my free kindle download all week, I decided to go explore the free kindle download offerings. I was pleasantly surprised.I now have an eclectic library on my Kindle Cloud Reader. I found children’s picture books. I found books on social media marketing. I found cookbooks. I found an exercise motivation bookContinue reading “Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?”
Experience Writing 