Gothic Elements in Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”
Gothic literature features characteristics such as magic, mystery, chivalry, horror, clanking chains, ghosts, and dark…
My Most Surprising Read of 2022
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Knopf, 2022 Hardcover, 416 pages ISBN 978-0-5933-2120-1…
Flow
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience HarperCollins, 1990 ISBN 0–06–092043–2 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding…
#TopTenTuesday: 10 Memoirs That Taught Me the Power of Life Stories
Today’s topic for #TopTenTuesday is comfort reads, “books or kinds of books you turn to…
5 Effective Multiple-Perspective Novels
“There are many reasons I love novels with multiple narratives. In novels where the events…
My Top 5 Novels of All Time
Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…
12 Novels That Changed How I Read Fiction
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Why I Blog
Looking over some blogging resources recently reminded me that the first question would-be bloggers are…
The Interplay of Plot and Character in Fiction
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How I Review Novels
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15 Years Ago on Notes in the Margin
For the first installment of this undertaking, I focus on this post from May 29,…
How Narrative Structure Works in Fiction
And How It Differs from Plot Have you ever wanted to yell at someone, “If…