Love is worth the risk
Thanks to Snarkology: Elemental Storytelling for encouraging me to analyze the plot of Dangerous Secrets. That was a fun exercise. I ended up with this “molecule.” The elements are taken from the “Periodic Table of Storytelling.” Check the Dangerous Works analysis out here.
In honor of Malala’s birthday she wants action not greetings. She asked us all to post the reasons we prefer books over bullets. Are you kidding me? Books open minds. Bullets close them. Books inspire. Bullets kill. Books give voice. Bullets silence. Shall I go on? We need to ask all governments to support universal […]
All this week Melissa Stark is featuring analyses of various books in her Elemental Story Telling blog event. The idea is for authors to view their plot through the lens of the Periodic Table of Storytelling and create a “molecule” that reflects how the tropes and other story elements relate to one another. What is […]
Writing is one thing; selling books is another. Many writers finally get their book published and “out there,” feel like they’ve finally climbed the mountain, and turn around only to see an even higher peak lying right ahead of them. There are grizzlies in those mountains and dangers all around. In the world of self-publishing, […]
I’m still doing the happy dance after finding the paperback version of Dangerous Works on Barnes & Noble. The rest of the world, if they are aware of me at all, probably scratched their head and asked, “Didn’t that book come out last year?” Well, yes and no. If you are a happy member of […]