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How a reader becomes a writer

March 8, 2022 Tracee de Hahn Books, Fiction, Writing

Every writer has been there; on the precipice between reader and writer, wondering how, or if, to make the leap. Here are three steps to get you started on the path from reader to writer.

Which POV to use.

February 23, 2022 Tracee de Hahn Fiction, Writing

One of the first choices an author makes when putting pen to paper is point of view (POV). Although not always a conscious decision, it sets a key path for the story.

Welcoming Catherine Maiorisi to the Miss Demeanors

February 8, 2022 Tracee de Hahn Fiction

The Miss Demeanors are pleased to welcome Catherine Maiorisi to our ranks.

The Pope in the Pool

February 2, 2022 Connie Berry Fiction, Movies, Writing

In my current WIP, I’m writing a scene where my protagonist, an antiques dealer, is shown a number of items[…]

Writing as Mirror. Or as Exorcism

January 31, 2022 Emilya Naymark #inspiration, Fiction, Inspiration, Writing

When I was sixteen, I almost drowned. It wasn’t a terribly traumatic experience, but it birthed a great deal of creativity.

Books we keep meaning to read.

January 28, 2022 Tracee de Hahn Fiction

Is there a book you have always planned to read, but just haven’t quite gotten around to it yet?

Fictional characters regularly hit life’s highs and lows. They evolve through experiences so off the chart most of us will never experience them; and hopefully not in the space of a few days. Lost your job, your husband left you, your child is a troublemaker AND then the story starts.

That Time I Threw a Book At the Wall

January 12, 2022 Susan Breen Fiction

I don’t generally throw books against the wall, but when I read Tana French’s book the first time, I was so aggravated by the ending that I tossed it. The story was engrossing. The characters richly detailed. The book won an Edgar when it was published, in 2007. But the ending drove me crazy because it left something important unresolved. I actually thought I’d got a misprinted book that had lost the last twenty pages.