The Key to Writing Fiction

Several years ago, when I first became aware I didn’t know how to write fiction, I looked for help from successful authors. To my surprise, I learned writing is a hot topic.

Ever Elsa, Ever Dan

Recently, I read Lisa Genova’s Still Alice*, a novel in which a psychology professor struggles with Alzheimer’s Disease. Her poignant and gripping story reawakened for me the real life drama between my pioneer-woman grandmother, Elsa, who lost her memory, and my remarkable grandfather, Dan, who cared for her.

Misconceptions about Writing

Several years ago, when I was faced with unexpected time off between jobs, I sat down at the computer, opened a blank document, and set out to write my first story.

Stretching Reality

I like stories which ask, “What would life be like if the rules of natural law were stretched?”

A Book for every Place

Where do you keep the books you’re currently reading?  Ever since I took to reading several at a time, they’ve found their way into every room of the house.  Any flat surface is fair game.

Dick Francis

It was a wonderful setup—Dick Francis wrote the books, and I, along with millions of other fans, read them.

Hi Everybody

Day One. What I want to do here is post words that offer heart, humor, or hope.  Broad categories.  But in specific, I’d like to talk about writing fiction, including getting started, misconceptions, critique groups, submissions, rejections, acceptances, progress, contests, what movtivates me, and fun stuff such as typos.

But first, I have to learn my way around the Blog software.  So far today, I’ve learned that Pages are not the same as Categories and have nothing to do with Categories.