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 …
Category Archives: writing: craft
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 …
What’s wrong with your HEA? (Part 3) plus #BookReview of A Season of Surprises at the Villa des Violettes by @patricia_sands #humor #ContemporaryRomance
Happily Ever After. What if the fairy tales got it wrong? Why do we love fairy tales? Some say they …
What’s wrong with your HEA? (Part 2) plus #BookReview of The Sound and the Furry by @KassandraLamb #GothicNovel #CozyMystery #Humor
As I mentioned in my last Happily-Ever-After post here, HEAs come in lots of shapes, sizes, genres, and (occasionally) paws. …
What’s wrong with your happily-ever-after? Plus #BookReviews for Wedding Bells in Switzerland by @MelHuberCH #humor #romance #SwissTravel
What went wrong with your happily-ever-after? I’ve always said the Hub and I have a relationship based on the two …
Is Technology trying to kill you? Part 2. #BookReview of HOPE by @TerryTyler4 #dystopian #PsychologicalThriller
In my previous post here, I considered whether technology is out to kill us. The short but scary answer, according …
When Nancy Drew hits menopause. Plus #BookReview: Police Protection by @KassandraLamb #Mystery #Humor
When Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, Harry Bosch, or James Bond get older (or at least the actors playing them …
#BookReview of Mahoney by Andrew Joyce #Western #GenerationalSaga @huckfin76 #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog
I was fascinated by Andrew Joyce’s new generational saga, because in many ways his tale of Irish refugees in America …
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