Tag: fiction
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Summer literary book recommendation: The Things We Never Say
I can’t wait to tell you about a novel I enjoyed so much. My online book group read it and reviewed it. The oddest thing happened: we all loved it! (We don’t usually agree.) The literary novel is called The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout. Let’s take a moment to say that Elizabeth…
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The Labyrinth Realization
The Bookends Review published my story Today, I’m honored to share that The Bookends Review, an independent creative arts journal, published my literary short story called The Labyrinth Realization. I wrote it in 2024, but I felt it deserved a little more attention. I submitted it to three literary magazines, and The Bookends Review accepted…
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From Novella to Trilogy: My Writing Journey
When I wrote my novella, Willful Obsession, I had low expectations. I figured it would be an e-book, and that’s it. Now, it’s a paperback, and I have visions of creating a large print version, and want to explore an audio version. I wrote Willful Obsession as a standalone and didn’t even consider a series.…
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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…
Kristy Schnabel 