Irish immigrant, Mary Harris, aka Mother Jones, lost everything twice. Undaunted, she became a tireless advocate of the American working class.
Tag: Lynette M. Burrows
Consistently Inconsistent OR Striving for Consistency
This recycled post from 2017 serves as a reminder and a measure of my progress as a blogger, author newsletter provider, and the behavioral changes I’ve made.
First Lines from Tales of Spaceships and Aliens
The hooky-ness of a first line is in the reader’s eyes. These first lines are from books with classic space ships and aliens tropes.
Create Compelling Scenes with the MRU
Learn about the motivation-reaction unit, (MRU), a tool from Dwight V. Swain’s Techniques of a Selling Writer, that can make your characters more realistic.
What You Should Have Learned About the Second First Lady
Abigail Adams, the second First Lady, was a strong woman who influenced and helped shape America through her husband and her son.