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”

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”

Happy Thanksgiving

Gator McBumpypants wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And to the turkey he says, I don’t eat flying things if that’s what you’re worried about. Don’t forget to pick up your free kindle download today to share with the whole family! And for more fun Gator and Herman now have their own theme song and itContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”

Marketing: A little outside the box.

Since my writing life is completely consumed with promoting Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise this week, I’m jumping off schedule and continuing to talk about promoting your book. I announced my kindle free days everywhere I could think of yesterday, so how do I keep the internet’s attention today? I stepped away from writingContinue reading “Marketing: A little outside the box.”

A Good Reads Give Away for Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise

Happy Monday! This is the second week of my new posting strategy and I want to thank all of my new followers and commenters for making this part of my writing life so much fun! I’m enjoying these targeted daily posts: They are not only fun to write, they inspire me.  So as a thankContinue reading “A Good Reads Give Away for Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise”