Like on the Halloween post on the scariest stories ever written, I asked the authors participating in the Writers Who Read interview series a question: What’s the most romantic story you’ve read? Here are their answers, from Austen to an experimental science fiction story to Gift of the Magi. Anna Schumacher, author of End Times The Gift … [Read more…]
Along with my writing and personal resolutions for the year, I’ve thought about what I want to read in 2015. Although, because often I feel guilt or pressure to read certain books, I’m trying to not commit to any book challenges to keep the joy in my reading. Trying. Still trying. But there are definitely specific … [Read more…]
This is a joint post with the fabulous, festive Jen Heart of Heartforms. It’s probably a given most of you are streaming Love Actually this holiday season, even if you hate it. It’s Christmassy, it has swoon, it’s got Hugh fucking Grant. But after the credits roll, you’ve probably still got wrapping and card-writing and a … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Jenny Vinyl. Who are you? I’m a writer of short essays as well as history and memoirs about my family, though I’ve always enjoyed writing in many forms — fiction, creative non-fiction, and sometimes poetry, too. What are three beloved books you first read before the … [Read more…]
This month I’ve been tagged by a fellow author in a blog hop where I answer questions about my writing process and then tag three more writers. I was tagged by the lovely romance writer Rebecca Brooks, who wrote about her writing process here. Here’s a bit more about Rebecca: Rebecca Brooks lives in New York … [Read more…]
Recently my friend Jenny Vinyl sparked a discussion on our reading and writing group asking how we “audition” books. This came from a recent episode of the Bookrageous podcast where Paul Montgomery used “auditioning” as a term to describe how readers decide which novels to pick from the vast cast of books waiting to be … [Read more…]