Suspension of Disbelief (Part 2)

Last week I talked about suspension of disbelief – the reader’s willingness to enjoy a fictional story as if the events are really occurring. This month I’m going to focus on speculative fiction. How do you introduce your reader to the fantastic elements in your book...

Suspension of Disbelief (Part 1)

Ahem. I’m cheating a little folks. This is a repeat of something I wrote for Project Mayhem, but since the audience for that blog and this one are *mostly* different, I thought it was worth posting here. My apologies to the few people who belong to the...

Librarians and Communities

Many Pennsylvanians have been disappointed to discover that our new Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, hasn’t turned out to be any better supporter of libraries than his much-despised predecessor, Republican Tom Corbett. Libraries aren’t even on Wolf’s radar and...

First Impressions: GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

We only have one submission for August First Impressions this month, but it’s one with an intriguing premise! This is the first page of  Maria Anna Witt’s GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE – a modern re-envisioning of Hamlet centered around a teenage boy band instead of a...