The name game, part 3

One consideration when naming fictional characters is their ethnicity and what you want to communicate about their relationship to it. Every human has some kind of ethnic background,...

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Review: Cures for Heartbreak

Finding the right balance of touching and witty is tough when dealing with a subject like death of a parent. Rabb leans toward the touching end of the spectrum, giving a poignantly...

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The name game, part 2

Talkin bout my generation...One of the first steps I take when picking character names is determining their ages and birth years. There's a bit of number crunching involved. When...

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The name game, part 1

Naming characters is one of my great joys as a writer. Finding the right name can happen almost instinctively, though I enjoy deliberating about it as part of the character develoment...

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Austen remixed

Quirk Books, publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, will be releasing its next edition in the series, Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters. Take a look at this "trailer"...

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Stories are everywhere

Where do you get your ideas?It's the Grand FAQ we writers face nearly every time we meet someone new. Some writers will tell you they write from life. They're trying to process...

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Review: My Lost and Found Life

The premise of a spoiled suburbanite having to make it on her own when her mother disappears definitely caught my attention. Watching Ashley hold up under the suspicions and rejections...

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Review: Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

I like Deb Caletti's narrative voice in this one very much. The theme of risk was handled well overall--some risks are stupid and some very much worth taking. Your relationship...

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back in the blogosphere

After leaving the blog world for three years to write and revise my first novel, Bring to Light, I'm back, this time with a purpose. I hope to create a space to connect with readers...

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