Learning from the Masters: On Varying Sentence Length

What would you say the goal of writing a novel is?

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Les plages de la Normandie

I meant to do a post about traveling to the D-Day beaches in Normandy today, but I do not have time. So for now I’ll leave you with this photo of one of those beaches–they’re oddly incredibly peaceful today–with more info to come next week. Stay tuned!

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MK’s Book Reviews: My Life Next Door

So after this book, I was in need of an antidote, in the way of some lighter fare. I chose Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door.…

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How To Choose a Point of View Character

I wrote about point-of-view earlier, but today I want to go a little deeper into that. More specifically: How do you choose who your point-of-view character will be?

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Learning From The Masters: On Subtlety

So I want to talk about one of my favorite things in fiction… Subtlety. I’ve already written about how one of my biggest pet peeves in books is showing and telling. I also wrote a post on how to not do that.  I think the best novels are ones that show you everything that’s happening–then leave it to […]

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Paris in the Winter

As the song goes, “I love Paris, in the winter, when it drizzles….”

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MK’s Book Reviews: Stephen King’s It

Okay. I am not a horror fan, not a violence fan, and definitely not a clown fan. Why did I read this book?

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Improve Your Writing: On Filter Phrases

Today I want to talk about something very small that can improve your writing in a big way….

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Friday Things

Another week, another summer, comes to a close.

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Camp Hoover

I am super-bummed to have missed my annual camping trip with my cousins in North Jersey this year because of moving weekend. But here is a photo of our favorite campsite at our favorite camping ground. The best thing about this place is that it looks exactly the same today as it did twenty years […]

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