“I’m Talking Here!” How to Make Sure Your Dialogue Can Stand On Its Own
Recently, I was participating in an online discussion with my fellow editors at Angelella Editorial about dialogue. We were all musing about why some clients seem to nail dialogue and others seem to write long passages that sound robotic. You know who never wrote robotic dialogue? Elmore Leonard. He is my personal god, and I…
I’ll Stop Reading Young Adult Fiction When You Pry It from My Cold, Dead Hands
I recently joined a new book club. We’re all educated women who range in age from our late thirties to our early seventies. Most of us work outside the home in some capacity, many of us volunteer in the community, all of us have children, some have grandchildren, we have a variety of political and…