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New Podcast Episode with Writer First Page Feedback
Check it out! Terry and I received a few more opening pages. Listen to hear our feedback and learn how to create a fantastic first page.
New Podcast Episode: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Take a listen as Terry and I discuss a classic that seems to resonate even more today!
New Podcast Episode: Fantastic First Pages
We are digging deep into first pages and what makes a great one. What does a first page have to accomplish? What Makes the first page good? Types of First Pages Examples of some Fantastic First Pages and a discussion of why they work NOTE: the URLs are affiliate links. If you purchase the bookContinue reading “New Podcast Episode: Fantastic First Pages”
New Podcast Episode: Wallop Your What If
This is a summer binus episode, part of a webinar recording from earlier this year. Terry and I will be back discussing more books and first pages in September.
New Podcast Episodes
Take a listen to some new book discussions! If you’re working on your writing goals for 2024, try out the goal calculator below.
New Read Like a Writer Episode
Take a listen to hear a discussion of the Scarlet Pimpernel and how it questions notions of class…
Book Review: The Dutch House
Ann Patchett is a member of American literary royalty, so I am probably not going to say anything surprising in this review. I recently listened to The Dutch House in preparation for recording a podcast episode. I will admit that it started a little slow. However, since it was read by Tom Hanks, I stuckContinue reading “Book Review: The Dutch House”
Title List for Fall Episodes of the Read Like a Writer Book Club
This season, we will discuss even more books! We are exploring three elements that writers have questions about: Narrators, Agency and Power dynamics, and Secrets—how to keep and reveal them at just the right moment. Take a listen to the shorty episode for booktalks on the titles and get thee to a library or bookshop!Continue reading “Title List for Fall Episodes of the Read Like a Writer Book Club”
Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Joy. Pain. Choices. Love. Family. Secrets. In her second novel, Sweeney does it again. She shows us a family; she shows us ourselves; she shows us an imperfect world with imperfect people who somehow manage to love each other and mean it. When Flora finds Julian’s wedding ring in an old filing cabinet, the ringContinue reading “Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney”