Rereading Novels First Encountered in Childhood
Rereading novels you loved as a kid can be fascinating and instructive from a writer’s perspective. You can analyze the author’s choices to see how compelling fiction was made AND ponder what attracted you to it back then.
Characters with Compelling Perspectives
Adult contemporary fiction is not a category I naturally gravitate toward, but this is an example of why reading in many genres and age groups, not just the ones you want to write in, can help you fill your creative well and learn more about the market.
MG Novel Recommendation: The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (HarperCollins, 2022), a debut middle grade novel by Michael Leali, is one that I highly recommend.
The Benefits of Tracking What I Read, Part 2
If you’re keeping a list of books you’ve read, how is it useful to your writing? I’ve discovered a few ways it’s useful for me.
The Benefits of Tracking What I Read, Part 1
Do you keep track of what you read? If so, how? A spreadsheet? A plain old Word or Google doc?
And if you do track what you read, why?
Two Great Middle Grade Novels About Storytelling
Recently I happened to read two MG novels that use oral storytelling as an important theme and plot device.