2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Homework Assignment Two: Character

Continuing the series of writing exercises inspired by Susan Breen’s The Fiction Class, today we are moving on to character. For more information on the book and this series of posts, please check out the original book review here.

Character: Think of a person from history who intrigues you. Napoleon? Cleopatra? Martin Luther King? Write […]

Homework Assignment One: Getting Started

So in yesterday’s book review, I let you know that I was embarking on a series of writing exercises inspired by The Fiction Class by Susan Breen. Well, it’s time for the first – aptly titled, “Getting Started.” I will set up each of the homework assignments in a similar fashion so they are easily […]

Book Review: The Fiction Class

Happy Book Review Tuesday. Today, we’re going to talk about a very cool piece of fiction that I stumbled upon in my own personal library recently. The Fiction Class is a story about Arabella Hicks (poor dear – blame her mother for her name; she does), a frustrated writer who has been struggling with her […]

On Language or Why I Like Unusual Words

People make fun of me all the time for the words I use. I can’t help it, I am an unabashed devotee of big, long, weird, esoteric, unusual, fancy words. I admit it freely – I like using a long and interesting word when I can, and if I can use one to replace a […]

Announcing the In Leah’s Wake Social Media Whirlwind Tour—WooHoo! (Part 3)

As part of this special promotional extravaganza sponsored by Novel Publicity, the price of the In Leah’s Wake Kindle edition has dropped to just 99 cents this week.

What’s more, by purchasing this fantastic book at an incredibly low price, you can enter to win many awesome prizes, including a Kindle, 5 autographed copies of […]