At a young age, I knew in my heart I was a writer. There’s just something magical about putting pen to paper and watching the words flow into a story.
Yes, I know, I’m typing right now. Let’s skip over that for the moment.
About that “flowing into a story” thing. I was surprised to learn that some of my writer friends cannot see the scenes they are writing or hear their characters converse. I have been known to have disagreements with readers when they thought I should change some dialogue.
“But that’s what they said!” I would tell them, and I’d go back to the scene and listen again to see if I missed something.
Luckily, there are plenty of writers out there that also can hear their characters interact with each other.
At least that’s what I choose to believe (and no one has proven me wrong, yet).
What I find difficult is description and focusing on situations beyond the dialogue. That’s why I found playwriting awesome. The dialogue moves the story.
At first, I thought this was because of my news-writing background. I wrote for my high school newspaper. I wrote for small, local papers.
I realize now, that it goes further back than that. Or maybe it’s what’s missing in my talent. This is something I will be working on as I go further into my blog.
Mind you, this may also be why I noticed the dialogue in the shows I watched as a teenager, but never noticed the clothing or hairstyles that “normal girls” did. I was baffled when everyone had “wings” for bangs clearly out of the blue in high school.
But I digress. Back to description and teaching myself to be more forthcoming with my words instead of keeping it short and sweet.
This is something I will be working on as I continue to do book reviews, too. After all, who wants to read “Great book, buy it!” or “Boring, don’t bother.”
Truth be told, I’m not one of those reviewers that looks for ways to bash the work someone put their heart and soul into. I have opinions, I just don’t share the truly negative ones. There are enough reviewers out there to do that. I’d rather share the ones I love so that other people can also enjoy them, and support those writers’ hearts and souls.
This brings me to reviews. I do one or two a month for Oliver Heber Books. I’ve mentioned them before. Look them up. They’re fabulous. Their books are mostly women-focused with genres like Women’s Fiction, Historical Romance, and Suspense. They have very strong writers some of whom are new favorites and some I shelved when I worked at a bookstore in the mid-nineties.
I’ll be sharing my reviews here, going forward. They already appear on that big website that starts with an A, as well as on BookSprout, GoodReads, and more. (Honestly, I’m not sure if I can say that A-word without permission so I’ve decided not to tempt fate.)
Now, if you’ll excuse me. I’m off to spend time in a most magical bookstore. It’s the third book in a series, which will be published in about a week and a half so I’d better get a wiggle on! In the meantime, check out “Tomes Scones & Crones” by Colleen Gleason. It’s the first book in her Three Tomes Bookshop series and is available in Kindle Unlimited!
Don’t forget to say hello to Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Danvers while you’re there!
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