First Line Friday is a series of blog articles posted on the first Friday of every month. The first line of a story, we’re told, must hook the reader. Implied is that the reader will not buy the book if the first line isn’t great. For November, I thought I’d do something a little different…… Continue reading Will You Buy These Books Featuring Indigenous People?
Tag: Lynette M. Burrows
Coming Out of the Storm
It’s the end of the month and time for me to come clean with how productive (or not) I’ve been. Fairly recently I had a friend compliment me on this regular feature of my blog. She said it was a courageous way of making myself accountable. I suppose it seems courageous to some. It’s definitely…… Continue reading Coming Out of the Storm
A Wild and Woolly Third Quarter
It’s been a wild and woolly third quarter. Emotionally and professionally, life challenged me. It was also a three-month period of growth and of promise for the future. If you’re a long time reader of this blog you know that I set Intentions not goals (though that’s mostly semantics). You’ll also recall that I divide my things…… Continue reading A Wild and Woolly Third Quarter
Two Authors Share A’s to Reader Q’s
A note from Lynette: My good friend Jan S. Gephardt proposed we collaborate on a post that shared answers to reader questions. Her request came at a time when I was compiling questions for a regular author interview feature for my blog. Jan and I have known each other for decades. She briefly describes our…… Continue reading Two Authors Share A’s to Reader Q’s
First Line Friday Full of SF and F Love Stories
This First Line Friday Full of SF and F Love Stories is part of a series. Do these first lines hook you? Do you want to read more?