Pop-up Characters

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 6 Comments

  The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.― Raymond Chandler Readers like you and like me love words, especially when they go together in that amazing way to make stories. And what we like best are the characters in those stories. That’s true whether the characters who grab our hearts and minds are male or female, …

Pulling the Heartstrings

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“Share your life with others. You will have a joyful life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita I get notices when someone leaves a review of one of my books on BookBub. Since my new book,  A Chance for Kallie Mae, released a couple of months ago, most of the reviews that show up right now are about it. I did see two reviews …

Shaking Things Up – Writing Journey #12

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You never say never. There’s always a chance to do things in the future. ~Nick Cummins Have you ever said you are never going to do something and then never shows up and pokes fun at you? I’m not sure I ever actually thought never but close to it. But wait, let me start at the starting point. Last post …