This is a short story and it’s an excellent use of first person. The Grownup By Gillian Flynn ©2014 Crown Publishing Pages: 62 First Person, Past tense This is a rare instance. A moment where the characters are despicable (pardon my sounding like Daffy Duck) and the opening profession is not something I would care about….
Review Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee
I almost didn’t finish this book, but I’m so happy I stayed with it. Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee By Mary G. Thompson ©2016 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pages: 292 Another book without Acknowledgements – I’m not a fan of that. Genre: YA, Mystery First Person POV Present Tense My first thoughts with the writing were…
POV Review Third Person – Before The Fall
Before The Fall by Noah Hawley Grand Central Publishing ©2016 390 – pages Genre: Mystery/Thriller *No Acknowledgements *Not sure what to make of no acknowledgements. On the one hand, there is the chance that the author was on a very limited deadline and wasn’t able to get them in on time. On the other, maybe…
POV Review – I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
This is the first book I’ve ever read where all POVs are used: First person, Second person, and Third Person (limited). I Let You Go (Debut Novel – it always thrills me to read debuts) by Clare Mackintosh UK Publisher: Sphere ©2014 US Publisher: Berkley ©2016 Agent Sheila Crowley Let’s jump right into this. Three POVs….
POV Review – The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Oh my word, how come I never read this book before now? Everyone says this is such a sad story. If you don’t know any better, it has the requisite ups and bottom of the barrel depths of despair before the main character climbs back up again. Here’s what makes it sad: The story is…
POV Review – Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Wylding Hall By Elizabeth Hand Publisher: Publishing Ltd. 146 pages ©2015 Agent: Martha Millard Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Horror, Ghosts First, I have to say, I’ve forgotten how much I love a good ghost/haunting story. Thank you Ms. Hand for reminding me. This story is written in first person – multiple narrators. Present tense – the…
Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce
Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce Publisher: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux ©2016 261 pages Agent: Katherine Fausset Editor: Emily Bell Genre: Literary with a soft mystery bent as to why things happened Pull Me Under is about a lady (hafu – half Japanese, half American – bonus, learned a new word) who killed a classmate…
The Perfect Girl – POV and Tense
You’ve noticed the small design change, but here’s where I’m going with the content. When I began writing it was hard for me to decide on POV (point of view) and tense. At first it seems simple: First – I, me Second – You Third – Suzy, Bob, He, She But as I delved further…
New Look is Here, New Content Direction Coming Soon
It’s a new year and I’m beginning to find my way in life. Yeah, it’s taken some serious time. I never wanted my blog to be about writing in general because let’s face it, I don’t have a degree in writing. I make grammatical errors on a regular basis. I don’t know my dangling modifiers…
Simple Fun
Life is always hectic and even when it’s not, the overabundance that people assume means fun can be wearying. Case in point the fair. The big fair for whatever area you live in. It comes once a year. The kids get excited, the parents cringe at the ever increasing