“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Eliot (1819 – 1880).
True for you?
Category Archives: Reader Friday
Reader Friday: Awards, or “Do They Really Like Me?”
Reader Friday: Do You Read More Than One Book At A Time?
I had a little R & R and writing time in December, and was at a beach house for a bit. I brought some books, and soon discovered I was reading three at once, in different modes. I had an audio of ENDER’S GAME for when I walked; THE RED SCARF by Gil Brewer at the top of my Kindle; and a real honest to goodness print book (remember those?), THE PASSAGE. And I was going back and forth between them.
What about you? Do you find yourself reading more than one book at a time? What’s your record?
Reader Friday: How Do You Create Characters?
There are three kinds of writers: those who can count, and those who can’t. Also, those who like to fill out questionnaires or do extensive biographies of their main characters, and those who like to make up characters “on the fly” and flesh them out as they go along. So what is your preferred method for creating original and dynamic characters for your fiction?
Reader Friday: Your Favorite Minor Characters
Reader Friday: Favorite Novel
Last week we asked about your favorite movie of all time. What’s your favorite novel? Or let’s put it this way: What’s the one you’d take to that fabled desert island? (If you must, you can have a couple).
But also why? What is it about this particular novel that speaks to you? What can other writers learn from it?
Reader Friday: Best Movie Ever?
Reader Friday: I Really Wanna Be a Writer
Reader Friday: Health Insurance and the Self-Employed Writer
Many in the thriller writing community are aware that writer Tom Piccirilli is battling brain cancer. Surgery to remove a tennis ball-sized tumor was successful, and now a long recovery and ongoing fight are in store. So are medical costs. Which brings up the issue of health insurance for the self-employed writer. Thanks to frequent commenter Terri Lynn Coop for suggesting this as a Reader Friday topic. Let’s start a discussion on strategies for writers who must find their own health insurance coverage.
[NOTE: This is not a political forum, so let’s keep partisan politics out of it. This is about what to do right now with options currently available.]
[NOTE: This is not a political forum, so let’s keep partisan politics out of it. This is about what to do right now with options currently available.]
Meanwhile, if you’d like to help Tom out, here are some options.
Reader Friday: Time For a TKZ Redesign?
UPDATE: After a spirited discussion in the comments, we have decided to keep the template as is. For those of you who prefer black-on-white to read, we remind you (as commenter K S Ferguson did) that you can scroll down to the end of the post and click on “comments.” Just under the title you’ll see “Show Original Post.” Click on that and you’ll get the simple text. We trust that will take care of the major issues discussed here. Thanks, everyone, for chiming in.
From time to time, loyal readers, we have gotten a tweet or a toot or an email asking if we might consider changing the look of the Zone from white-on-black text to black-on-white. It is said the latter is easier on the eyes. And while we like to make trouble in our fiction, we don’t want to do the same to our readers.
So let’s talk about it. Would you like us to make the switch? Do you feel strongly one way or the other?