Study This: The Fools Have It

by | Feb 27, 2017 | Books You Might Like

I spent a good little chunk of time reading Richard Russo last summer. (You may or may not be aware that I’m a Russo fan. So much so that I may have just this second talked myself into rereading Empire Falls, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.) But we were...

Study This: The Vacationers

by | Apr 23, 2015 | The Writing Craft

Once upon a time there was … … a bunch of people on vacation, all with different expectations and worries and agendas. And The Vacationers—which I read, interestingly, on a winter vacation—tells the story of each of them. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve read...

Study This: I’ll Give You the Sun

by | Feb 12, 2015 | The Writing Craft

Here’s another in my Study This series about intentional reading—that is, novels you writers will read for pleasure (always pleasure!) but also to study. To deconstruct. To have a look at how the author made the magic. You know I love YA, so it should come as no...