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I’m a Masterclass.com junkie. I just love listening to people like David Mamet and Aaron Sorkin talk craft. Margaret Atwood just released her masterclass and it’s filled with incredible tidbits on structure, point of view and so on.
In one of the lessons, she says, “You become a writer by writing. There is no other way. So do it, do it more. Do it again. Do it better. Fail. Fail better.”.
Those are certainly words to live by … or at least, to write by.
Well, you’re not going to believe this. Reece Witherspoon and I picked the same book for our February book clubs. Sort of. Late last year, I came across THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE by Marie Benedict and was fascinated by the premise. Benedict writes historical fiction, much like Philippa Gregory,
This month, rather than recommend one book to read, I’m recommending the entire body of work of one author because Anne Rice, who passed away December 11, 2021, single-handedly revolutionized the role of vampires in literature. Yes, vampires. And the impact she’s had is more significant than you might realize.
If you’ve had it up to your eyes with holiday preparations and are looking for a light-hearted story to escape into, The Christmas Bookshop, by Jenny Colgan, might be just the ticket. The title is a bit misleading, in my opinion. Yes, there’s a bookstore. Yes, the plot unfolds in
