Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in Writing/Reading on Feb 3rd, 2010
On Saturday, I took Laura Kalpakian’s Self-editing class at the community college. Her books on Amazon are here. I didn’t know who she was nor had I read any of her books. I usually try to read at least one book of an instructor prior to class but this time, I didn’t get to it.
Prior [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Nov 14th, 2009
Treasure Island is written in first person from Jim Hawkins point of view. Not third person as I said in my last post. Early mornings, late-night reading, and a book I have to read to make my husband happy is not going well.
But the letter still slows things down which was the point of the [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Nov 13th, 2009
I’m still reading Treasure Island. The crew of them are about to set sail from England. As I read, the Letter from the Squire stuck out. Dropping a letter into a story essential stops everything (unless letters are the story structure). This letter was from the Squire who went ahead to Bristol to find and [...]