Tag Archive for ‘Books’
Exclusive Sneak Peek* of My New Novel, Bird in Hand (Part 2)
In anticipation of the release in exactly a week of Bird in Hand, I am posting the prologue. Yesterday was Part 1; this is Part 2. Sorry, you have to go back, but I’ll make it easy for you. (*My publicist made me say that. He also made me promise to point out that if this excerpt intrigues you, the book is available for pre-order at indie.org and amazon.com.) Bird in Hand (Prologue, Part 2) “Do we need a lawyer?” [...]
Exclusive Sneak Peek* at My New Novel, Bird in Hand
Over the next two days, in anticipation of the release in exactly a week of Bird in Hand, I am posting the prologue in two parts. (*My publicist made me say that. He also made me promise to point out that if this excerpt intrigues you, the book is available for pre-order at indie.org and amazon.com.) Bird in Hand For Alison, these things will always be connected: the moment that cleaved her life into two sections and the dawning realization [...]
More Monkey Business
A writer friend, Cindy Handler, asks: “A few posts back [Writing Tip #3: Use a Monkeywrench] you mentioned that you like to give your characters a trait that goes counter to their basic nature and makes it harder for them to get what they want (if I understand correctly). Could you give an example? The main character in my novel is so controlling that it works both for and against her, but I don’t think that’s the same thing.” So [...]
