Women’s History Month is one of my favorite months of the year. I love March, because it’s my birthday month, because the daffodils are up, at least in Central Texas, and because we celebrate women. As a feminist, it makes me happy. Of course, I wish we celebrated women every month, but we’ve got toContinue reading “Women’s History Month Roundup”
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A Room of One’s Own, Does it Matter?
How important is a room of one’s own? Virginia Woolfe was convinced that a writer would never be able to produce without a room and an income. This frees the writer from some of the distractions of life. Sometimes, I find myself wishing for a space that is mine, unshared, uninterrupted, and undivided. I recentlyContinue reading “A Room of One’s Own, Does it Matter?”
Read Like a Writer Book Club Recap; The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier
For February, we read The Anomaly. If you are interested in joining us for the next meeting, in April, please send Robin an email at readerlybooks[at]gmail.com Background: This book was on several “best of” lists for 2021, including the New York Times. Here is a sampling of reviews and the publisher’s page: Penguin Random HouseContinue reading “Read Like a Writer Book Club Recap; The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier”
Creating a Calendar for Your Novel
Legend has it that Jane Austen used calendars for the years in which her novels were set to make sure she was accurate about dates, days of the week, and also to help make sure she was making sense of her timeline. Well, dear reader, you can do this too, whether it is historical fiction,Continue reading “Creating a Calendar for Your Novel”
Book Club for Writers
The Read Like a Writer Book Club begins this month! It will feature book discussions of great novels both past and present through the lens of a writer. We’ll deconstruct their work looking for lessons in craft, style, and story, so we can apply those lessons to our own works in progress. Our first bookContinue reading “Book Club for Writers”
Loglines as Revision Tools
Here’s a handy tip that you may find useful when thinking about starting revisions. See if you can create a logline that encapsulates your story. If you can, it should hang together and you have the skeleton on which to assemble your draft. If you can’t, that may indicate that something is missing in theContinue reading “Loglines as Revision Tools”
Books about Writing that I enjoyed in 2021…
Are you looking for something to inspire you to write? Here is a list of favorite books and web pages about writing that I read in 2021. I am also including one about women’s history, since there were a bunch of inspiring women in it. Not least, Eleanor Roosevelt. Alberts, Laurie. Showing & Telling: LearnContinue reading “Books about Writing that I enjoyed in 2021…”
Revising is hard!
Revising is a difficult process, for many reasons. We are frequently so close to the topic/material, that it is hard to see it fresh. That is why a lot of advice is to let things sit for a while after you finish a draft, so you can look at it with new eyes. You shouldContinue reading “Revising is hard!”
It’s Time for some Austen Flash Fanfiction…
What if Fanny Price had accepted Henry Crawford’s Proposal?
Plotter or Pantser? Plan your Novel in November with NaNoPlanMo
NaNoWriMo is coming up! If you, like me, tend toward the plotting side rather than the pantsing side, and the thought of writing 50,000 words in one month makes you begin to hyperventilate, fear not, dear reader, Readerly has you covered. For the plotters among us, and the pantsers who want to be them, ReaderlyContinue reading “Plotter or Pantser? Plan your Novel in November with NaNoPlanMo”
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