Category Archives: Reading

What Is the Theme?

Posted on January 19, 2019 by

Authors have many different ways to begin their work. There is no right or wrong way; every writer must find the way that works best for him or her, and that way will probably vary from time to time. A … Continue reading →

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A Requiem for Newspapers

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

I hope the title I’ve put on this blog is premature at worst and nonsense at best. I very much fear it is not. I am a lifelong newspaper reader. Reading the daily paper while I eat my breakfast is … Continue reading →

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Not a Harry Potter Knockoff

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

My novel A School for Sorcery was published in hard cover in 2002 and came out in trade paperback as part of Tor’s Starscape series of fantasy and science fiction novels for teens in August 2003. Given those publication dates, … Continue reading →

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Description Conundrum

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

Today’s blog raises a question I don’t have an answer for: How much description is too much, and how little description is too little?  When I write, I tend to be spare in regard to description. I think it’s largely … Continue reading →

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On Writing Across Genres

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

Cross-genre works have become increasingly popular in recent years. They’ve always been around; they aren’t a new phenomenon. However, in the past it often proved difficult to get a cross-genre work published. That was not due to any fault in … Continue reading →

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On Letting Go

Posted on March 16, 2017 by

In my previous blog I wrote about books so enjoyable that you don’t want them to end. Now I must confess that writers sometimes feel that way about a book they are writing. We tend to fall in love with … Continue reading →

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A Book I Couldn’t Put Down

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

Recently I had the gratifying experience of having a friend read one of my books and being told that she found it hard to put down and that when she finished it, she couldn’t stop thinking about it. She asked … Continue reading →

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