Music and the Written Word
For all you book purists out there, the paperback of Soot and Slipper is now live! (Click HERE) In honor of this momentous occasion, I’m… Read More »Music and the Written Word
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Soot and Slipper | Cover Reveal and Pre-Order!
Hey, remember how I was writing a sequel for Namesake? I wrote a Cinderella adaptation instead. It’s based on Charles Perrault’s version of the fairy tale,… Read More »Soot and Slipper | Cover Reveal and Pre-Order!
Final Thoughts | Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
And at long last, we come to the final thoughts. Through real-life patterns of deception, we can identify weaknesses in our writing and shift those… Read More »Final Thoughts | Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
The Misdirection of Agatha Christie | Liar, Liar
The mystery genre requires careful threading of information from character to character, between narrator and reader, and from author to audience. And Agatha Christie, as… Read More »The Misdirection of Agatha Christie | Liar, Liar
Breaking the CP on 3 Layers | Liar, Liar
Now that we’ve explored the Cooperative Principle and how to break it, we turn our attention back to our three layers of dialogue. Breaking the CP… Read More »Breaking the CP on 3 Layers | Liar, Liar
Miss Bates of Emma: A Liar, Liar Case Study
Continuing in the Cooperative Principle and how to break it, we turn our attention to a literary example of rampant unintentional violations: Miss Bates from… Read More »Miss Bates of Emma: A Liar, Liar Case Study
Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
Although H. P. Grice’s Cooperative Principle provides lovely guidelines for how to accomplish good communication, for writers, its real value lies in breaking it. We… Read More »Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
In the 1960s and 70s, linguist H. Paul Grice defined the Cooperative Principle to explain dynamics of conversation. Even though his work hinges on real-life… Read More »The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
Twelfth Day | 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
And finally, on the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Storm Child by Melanie Mason To escape capture by Imperial soldiers,… Read More »Twelfth Day | 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
Eleventh Day | 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Turtle Soup by Danielle Thorne Sea turtles may be endangered but after an… Read More »Eleventh Day | 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway