by Lynne | Oct 22, 2021 | Featured, Fiction, Writing process
I had the privilege of writing a guest post at Rogue Women Writers on Dark Emotions and Character Likability. KJ Howe: Does your protagonist have to be likeable? Author Lynne Reeves doesn’t think so. In fact, she feels it can be quite compelling to have a challenging...
by Lynne | May 26, 2021 | Featured, Fiction, Motivation
I love how different genres of books can appeal to all kinds of readers. I recently read three books written by poets, in the categories of inspiration, memoir, and prayer. Maggie Smith’s Keep Moving is a little collection of “notes on loss, creativity,...
by Lynne | Apr 16, 2021 | Featured, Fiction, Nonfiction
As an author and avid reader, I’m always concerned about the success of community treasures like independent bookstores. If you are too, check out Bookshop, a terrific new site where you can buy books and your purchases benefit the book stores you love....
by Lynne | Jan 30, 2021 | Featured, Fiction, Nonfiction, Parenting
Numerous studies also confirm what every reader already knows—that the novel is an incomparable vehicle for the exploration of human social and emotional life. Literary critics and philosophers have long advanced the notion that one of fiction’s main jobs is to raise...
by Lynne | Dec 2, 2020 | Featured, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing process
You wait for your characters to reveal the heart of their stories to you. You read and reread your novel, begging it to sing so you’ll know you’re done. You wait for an agent to read your manuscript, then an editor to make an offer. Rejection slips come in the forms...
by Lynne | Apr 16, 2020 | Featured, Fiction
It’s a reality that male writers are taken more seriously than women writers. All anyone needs to do to become disheartened is read the Vida numbers. Trust me, I wish I could laugh when The Washington Post’s Ron Charles talked about “women gossiping about how their...