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Merry Christmas! Win Emily Bryan’s A Christmas Ball!

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Top Five Reasons to Go to A writing conference.

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Hi all!
It’s a busy week for me because I’m going to Put Your Heart In A Book tomorrow. (Wow, that sounds like a threat!) But for tonight, a quick post.
First off, I wanted to pick a winner for the “Tell a friend” contest that ended Wednesday. The winner will be notified privately, but in the [...]

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Last contest for my upcoming book, It Happened One Night

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Thanks to everyone who commented on my blog this past week for all your kind words and good cheer. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am that there’s so much good energy around the upcoming release. 
You all had such lovely things to say about Simple Wishes too! I couldn’t be more grateful. If you’re [...]

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Happy Spring!

Life’s been pretty busy in Lisa-land (as my friend Suzz likes to call it) as I get ready for my new book. It comes out in November and it’s called It Happened One Night. I’m really excited about it! It’s the best book I’ve written yet…

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My last library rsun included a couple books that have been on my TBR list for, oh, not too long. And one of them was Cathie Linz’s Smart Girls Think Twice. I’d seen some chatter about this book on another blog and, frankly, I liked the cover. So I thought, What the hey?

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Every writing workshop in the world will probably tell you that active characters (characters who get things done) are better than passive characters. But the temptation for passive characters is so strong. Why?

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You know the old story within a story bit.

A writer introduces (and likely concludes) a story with the use of a frame narrative. It’s a great way to structure a story. And it’s been used plenty. Wuthering Heights. The Usual Suspects. Frankenstein. The Canterbury Tales. Forrest Gump. Like I said, you’ve seen it before.

But what’s the point of a frame narrative? I mean, why can’t the narrator just be scrapped so the story speaks for itself?

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