Writing an easy-peasy review
Readers tell me how much they love my books but have doubts about writing a review. And I get it! Composing something coherent when the swirl of plot and characters forms a confusing amalgam in your head is daunting. It's like getting an essay assignment in literature class. Ugh! Let's make it simple. Think about who's going to read your review--another potential reader. Then, remember that you don't have to reproduce the basic plot. That's been done on the back of the book (
Happy Columbus Day!
Yes, I dare say it. I know he's white and male and dead. It kinda begs the question of why we celebrate certain days and people and events. I was thinking . . . why Columbus and not someone else born in the fifteenth century? He wasn't the first to sail to America. First there were the Native Americans, then a number of others, most famously the Vikings. There are stone inscriptions all over the place with symbols also found in the Old World. Weird, like some of those History