5 Effective Multiple-Perspective Novels
“There are many reasons I love novels with multiple narratives. In novels where the events…
Flow
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience HarperCollins, 1990 ISBN 0–06–092043–2 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding…
Moral Depth in Current Fiction
Introduction I came upon Adam O’Fallon Price’s article The Subjective Mood, in which he laments…
Reading in Flow
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How Narrative Structure Works in Fiction
And How It Differs from Plot Have you ever wanted to yell at someone, “If…
6 Illustrations of How Setting Works in Literature
In its most basic meaning, setting in fiction refers to the time and place in…
2 Novels About Communities
These Women by Ivy Pochoda Harper Audio, 2020 Narrated by: Bahni Turpin and Frankie Corzo…
#TopTenTuesday: 10 Memoirs That Taught Me the Power of Life Stories
Today’s topic for #TopTenTuesday is comfort reads, “books or kinds of books you turn to…
Why I Blog
Looking over some blogging resources recently reminded me that the first question would-be bloggers are…
12 Novels That Changed How I Read Fiction
Thanks to these two bloggers for sponsoring the annual Blog Discussion Challenge: Nicole at Feed…
My Most Surprising Read of 2022
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Knopf, 2022 Hardcover, 416 pages ISBN 978-0-5933-2120-1…
My Top 5 Novels of All Time
Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…