Of Cruise Ships, Planes, Ocean and Sky…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Traveling by ship, or cruising, starts with the point or process of embarkation, going onto the ship and finding our room. Your bags arrive soon after that. And within an hour or so the ship sets sail.
Unlike with an airplane, where matters move at a faster pac
Tags: back story, beginning, cause-and-effect, contex, cruise ships, end, history, middle, novels, obstacles, personality, readers, ship, situation, transition, travel, writers, writing
Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character.
But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them?
What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel?
Certainly obstacles and a great [...]
Tags: antagonist, blemishes, body, central character, cracks, crevices, cry, feeling, fiction, flaws, humanity, limitations, mind, novel, obstacles, past failures, personality, points of identifcation, protagonist, readers, scream, spirit, story, strengths, symbol, Teflon, transforms, vulnerability
Change for the Sake of Change
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country.
Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.
Tags: artistry, authors, book clubs, business, marketing, promoting, publishing, readers, self-publishing, summit, traditional publishing, writersm stories
The Writer/Mother
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of [...]
Tags: adoration, author, balance, commitment, creativity, daughter, fan base, Fragile, Internet, Lisa Unger, literary thrillers, love, mother, publishing industry, readers, striving to improve, working mothers, writer, writing
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