I consider this is a solid five-star read. Normalish is a YA contemporary that covers a girl’s freshman year of high school. Margaret Lesh does an excellent job of recapturing the uncertainty, the rapidly shifting relationships, and the uncomfortable, defensive…
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Christmas Yet to Come by Marian Perrera
I enjoyed Christmas Yet to Come, a novella coming in the fall of 2015 by Marian Perrera. I give it a solid four stars. Ms. Perrera develops that most inscrutable character by Dickens—the third ghost who visits Scrooge. Although it…
Inish Carraig by Jo Zebedee
Four stars. I have an interesting mix of emotions when I read Jo Zebedee’s work. It’s darker than I like, with far more emphasis on emotions I prefer not to dwell on. But it’s written so well that I end…
Abendau’s Heir by Jo Zebedee
I enjoyed Abendau’s Heir overall, even though sci-fi is a tougher sell with me than fantasy. I wish we could give fractions of stars—most of the book was three stars for me (using the goodreads scale, which means I liked…
Does The Sidekick Make The Hero?
Originally posted on Allison Maruska:
I had the good fortune of participating in RMFW’s Colorado Gold writing conference this weekend. While I attended several productive workshops, I found a few to be especially informative, including one about sidekicks in fiction. With the…
How to Add a Mailchimp Newsletter to WordPress.Com Blog – with Style!
This is a reblog of Aniko Carmean’s excellent post. Let me tell you–I’m in awe. I was under the impression that since Mailchimp had a plug-in, and WordPress.com won’t take plug-ins, that I was going to have to self-host and…
Bleak New World is Out!
On October 30th (2015), A Bleak New World, a dystopia anthology, will be released by Raven International Publishing. (Pause here a moment and picture my happy dance around the office. It’s quite a good one. Lots of woo-hoo’s.) Hey, it’s…
Tagged with: Bleak New World, dystopia anthology, Raven International Publishing
Posted in Reflections
Posted in Reflections
More Than One Adjective–Comma or No Comma?
We’ve all done it. The only place your characters can take refuge is in a spooky old house. Or is it a spooky, old house? Dang, what was that rule again? Fear not. I’m here to explain it for you.…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, Comma, coordinate adjectives, non-coordinate adjectives, ranking adjectives
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Stick To Your Literary Guns
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
I can’t take it! As a writer, you’re going to have moments of self-doubt – sometimes coming from people who are actually trying to help you. Recently, we discussed perseverance, HERE When my wife and…
Cathleen Townsend 