We've got got that book or those books that we keep coming back to. It's the book(s) you display proudly for guests to see, the ones displayed, not packed into the bookshelf. They're the books that made you love books. They're the books you'll read over and over again. For me, Harry Potter takes the … Continue reading My Favorite Book
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Writing Rule #3
Read. That's right. You want to write well and sell books? Read. Read in your genre to know what's being done, what's been done, and what hasn't been done in a while. You avoid tropes and stereotypes this way. (While searching for agents to query, I found one agent's profile that specifically said "no spunky … Continue reading Writing Rule #3
Book Review: Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (3/5)
At the New Year, I read a post that said 2016 had been written my George R. R. Martin. I didn’t understand what that person had meant until I read the first book in his A Song of Fire and Ice series, Game of Thrones. Yes, yes, we’ve all heard about the HBO series. I … Continue reading Book Review: Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (3/5)