writing fiction

Reader response theory is a literary theory that focuses on the reader and his experience of the literary work, in contrast to other schools of thought that focus primarily on the content and form of the work.   I am a big proponent of this

As an unknown writer, I am a prime target for the many harsh critics out there in the world. They mostly take the form of negative, unhelpful reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.  I often disappoint myself by getting caught up in this negativity.  By

Silvia moves through the world like a Peanut’s character dancing.  Frank moves from one side of the kitchen to the other like he is keeping beat to a Polka song.  Cosmo moves with a bounce in his step, his head bopping back and forth like a

I named this posting after the wonderful Simon and Garfunkel song.  My novel begins and ends in silence. This is a literary technique, sometimes referred to as Bookends or Framing Device, that I have always admired and wanted to use in my novel.

The quote above from J.R.R. Tolkien resonated so much with me because I felt that it really spoke of my own process for writing my novel. My novel began with a description of a single character that I subsequently incorporated into a short