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
Category: About My Books
Blog posts by author Lynette M. Burrows on all things related to writing her books from how she got an idea for a book, people, places, and history that inspired a book, and her process for writing a book.
Flash Fiction: Gift of a Lifetime
Welcome to my irregular feature, Flash Fiction Friday. Every once in a while, I dash off a short piece. It’s kind of a vacation, maybe even a recharge when I’m working on novel-length stories. I’m not going to tell you what the story prompt was this time. Guess it if you can. Even if you… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Gift of a Lifetime
One Step Back and Two Forward
It is August 31, 2021 as I write this and time for a progress report. Adapting to change is never easy. So things progress in an irregular pattern. This month has been a one step back and two forward kind of experience. But I’m happy to report some progress. Making I was having trouble writing… Continue reading One Step Back and Two Forward
A Writer’s Serendipity or How Research Saved My Book
As a blogger and science nerd, I try to keep up with science news from a variety of sources. Oddly, that curiosity rarely benefits my writing. My writing style follows a diagonal on the chart below: Lawful Plantser, True Plantser, and Chaotic Plotter. And that’s pretty much how my research goes, too. I start with… Continue reading A Writer’s Serendipity or How Research Saved My Book
If I Should Die, a Sneak Peek at a Revision-in-Progress
If I Should Die is book two in the Fellowship Dystopia series. Is Miranda’s argument valid or is she blind to danger?