It is a truth universally acknowledged… Plus #BookReview of Intrigue & Infamy by @CarolJHedges #VictorianDetective #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog
It is a little unfair, I think, to criticize a person for not sharing the enlightenment of a later epoch, …
Category Archives: writing: craft
Celebrating Writers—and SuperMothers—on Labor Day. #humor #parenting #writing
My Labor Day Tribute to becoming a writer. Or not. If you have any young friends who aspire to …
Nailed it! #humor #kids #parenting
I was TOTALLY right! As CNN reports here, in a new study by a team of researchers at Germany’s Heidelberg …
Fairy Tales: all the plots. Plus #BookReview~Unhappily Ever After: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups by @LucindaEClarke. #humor #parody #FairyTale
The girl with all the plots. In the early seventies, writer and journalist Christopher Booker started working on a book. …
Swell Funerals, Family, and Chicago. Plus #BookReview of The Alchemy of Noise by @LorraineDWilke #LiteraryFiction #humor
Chicago and a swell funeral brought us together. I was in college in Chicago when my mother told me one …
Putting the DIE in DIETING. Plus #BookReview of Poisoned by the Pier by @EllenJacobson #CozyMystery #Humor
One dish fits all diets. Recently, we invited a large group for an evening that included dinner. Now, I’ve been …
Bridget Jones meets the MarySue. #RBRT #BookReview of Jennifer Brown Moving On #ChickLit #Romance #Humor
When you’re a grownup. There are things I know I’m supposed to do. (Floss daily. Save for retirement. Go to …
Dog Days… plus #BookReview of #CozyMystery A Star-Spangled Mayfair by @KassandraLamb #humor #summer #camping
My friend Ro lived, as we said in academia, in “the Real World.” In fact, she lived in the realest …
Want to Write a Blockbuster Novel? #humor #writing #BookReviews
What works for any other bestseller? All the other bestsellers? In his book, Writing the Blockbuster Novel (Writer’s Digest …
If the Mary Sue fits… #humor #sisters #writing
In a recent post here, I used a trope shortcut by naming a character Marysue. My sister Marysue was not …
