As a little girl, I read fairy tales. I enjoyed Walt Disney’s animated version of Cinderella and Snow White and Sleeping Beauty too … and even embraced the updated version of Beauty and the Beast and Rapunzel. (Tangled? Loved it and laughed through it.) So maybe it’s no surprise fairy tales show up in my second novel, Catch a Falling …
In Others’ Words: Author Whispers
Writers try to get so many things right. We try to figure out when to follow the rules — and when to ignore ’em. We try to make our fictional characters true to life so that readers talk out loud to them as they turn the pages of our novels. (Come on, admit it! You’ve done it too!) We try …
In Others’ Words: Dirty Business
“Writing is not a genteel profession; it’s quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.” ~Rosemary Mahoney (1961-), American non-fiction writer There is the dream of the writing life … and then there is reality. I bet you think I’m going to say I prefer the dream. Nope. I will take the nitty-gritty reality of the writing life …