Tag: fiction
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Creating Character Sketches for Effective Storytelling
Author’s Note: The upper blog image was created using Gemini AI. It came out pretty good. BUT, there’s a typo with the word “sketches” that is misspelled ” as “skeches.” Yikes. I didn’t notice, but my husband did. I tried to fix it after the post date without success. I decided to leave it as…
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Behind the Scenes: My Fiction Writing Process
What’s Your Process? Readers, especially aspiring writers, often ask authors this question: “What’s your process?” A fellow student in my community college fiction class asked me this question, and I became a deer in the headlights. I grappled for a response, so I thought about what I did on my recent publication. Kernel of an…
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Book Review and Writing Lessons from The Irish Goodbye
How lucky am I? The book group I’m in featured the author of the book we just read: The Irish Goodbye. Author Heather Aimee O’Neill is getting much acclaim, and Jenna Bush Hager chose Heather’s debut novel as the Today Show pick. Not only were we treated to Heather reading parts of her novel in…
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From Rejections to Good Reviews: An Indie Author Celebrates Wins and Losses
Being a writer is great. The author gets to create their own world with imaginary everything, and they can exert complete control. Where else can one do that? Most writers want to be read, though, and with that there’s the desire to be published. An author quickly learns that acceptance rates at literary magazines are…
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Book Review: The House of Mirth
If you’re in the mood to read a literary novel, consider the classic: The House of Mirth. If you’re attracted to The Gilded Age on HBO, it will seem familiar. Be forewarned that my book review here contains spoilers. This is a challenging novel to read, but worth the effort. Before you get misled by…
Kristy Schnabel 