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In its most basic meaning, setting in fiction refers to the time and place in…

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Here’s a question that comes up periodically on literary sites: I’m having trouble reading books…

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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience HarperCollins, 1990 ISBN 0–06–092043–2 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding…

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For the first installment of this undertaking, I focus on this post from May 29,…

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Definition: Novella Novella is an indeterminate designation, defined loosely as a work of fiction longer…

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Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…

February 5, 2020 9 Comments

Thanks to these two bloggers for sponsoring the 2020 Blog Discussion Challenge: Nicole at Feed…

May 31, 2022 4 Comments

Today’s topic for #TopTenTuesday is comfort reads, “books or kinds of books you turn to…

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And How It Differs from Plot Have you ever wanted to yell at someone, “If…