Writing Distinctive Settings
I tend to gravitate to novels with interesting settings. For example, I loved to read about China in 484 AD in Sherry Thomas’ The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan, Atlanta in 1890 in Stacey Lee’s The Downstairs Girl, and…
Bringing the Past to Life: Young Romance, Historical Times
Can you just throw Bella or Katniss into the nineteenth century to create a historical romance?
Young Birds, Young People
Every summer, we watch the young birds in our yard. A baby chickadee perches in a nearby tree and chirps until his mama comes to feed him. An immature robin swoops above, almost grazing my husband’s head as she learns…
