I love writing book reviews. If reading a book is like going on a vacation, writing a book review is like showing the photos and souvenirs and telling my friends about the trip. Book reviews can turn the solitary pleasure of reading into something shared with a community of like-minded readers. It also helps other …
Tag: writing
Oct 16
Book Review: Big Magic
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert This was one of those “right book at the right time” moments, except it came a few years too late. The best of its advice I’d already figured out on my own in the past few years, so instead of lightbulbs springing on all over the …
Oct 29
Book Review: The Secret Life of Pronouns
The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker If you have a nerd-gasm about statistics, linguistics, and social psychology, this is a must-read book. Bonus points: the author has done the research himself, so it’s not just rehashed from another book you’ve already read (though I’ve seen his …
Sep 13
Changer’s Turf Progress
Changer’s Turf progress I finished the first draft of CHANGER’S TURF in August, a little over a year after I started. Since then I’ve been working hard on revisions. I got a new software, called Scrivener, and I can’t believe I’ve ever been so foolish as to attempt a revision without it.Usually a revision is …
Aug 15
Book Review: Self-Editing for the Fiction Writer
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne Like most writers, I have a whole shelf full of books like this. I saw this particular one plugged on a site for indie authors. By “plugged” I mean they basically said they wouldn’t even look at your stuff unless you had …