Put Victoria Mixon’s books on the top of your writing craft to-read list. Mixon’s second Art & Craft of Writing manual takes the outstanding content of the first and brings it to a formidably high level. Simply put, the two books together would easily serve as brilliant texts for …
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read the last fifth of The Book Thief sobbing, something I’ve never done before—and this was coming after a spectacular morning on a beautiful day. I’m not somebody who cries easily over fiction. However, Markus Zusak does …
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” —Upton Sinclair People have cherished beliefs—ideas held so deeply, they they are anchored by a tenfold gravity, impervious to anything short a tornado of countervailing experiences. For most of human history, …
Organic Quirky A long time ago, some company I can’t remember ran an ad featuring an elderly gentleman in a derby hat who carried a teddy bear. That I still remember that commercial speaks to the power of adding distinctive quirks to a character. However, it also shows the dangers: …