A Literary Lifestyle
Today, we're talking book-buying habits. I go back and forth between what kinds of books I like to buy. While paperbacks are my favorite form, I love the convenience of audiobooks and the low cost of ebooks. And there's nothing like digging through a secondhand bookstore and finding an absolute gem. There's no right way…
Continue reading ➞ new or secondhand? | a book-buying habits discussion post
Today, I'm discussing something that impacts my life on a daily basis: why I hate sharing my writing. As a writer, my goal is to publish my work. The thought of holding my book, flipping through its pages and knowing that readers around the world are doing the very same, quite literally gets me out…
Continue reading ➞ On Writer Shyness // Why We Don’t Want People to Read Our Work
Today, I'm addressing the hotly disputed (well, not hotly disputed, but disputed nonetheless) topic: dialogue tags. Let's start with a definition. A dialogue tag is a phrase that follows, precedes, or breaks up dialogue in writing to describe how the character in question spoke. For example, in the sentence "'I love to read Annie Likes…
Continue reading ➞ Annie Talks Dialogue Tags: A Discussion Post
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