First Draft Fiction: A Story Worth Telling, Part 1
“I can’t believe you stole my Meemaw’s ring,” Magdalene burst out. She steered the ancient Honda along a two-lane highway in North […]
First Draft Fiction: Fear of Beauty, Part 4
Read part 1, part 2, and part 3. Summer The summer crept in subtly, from warm days to oppressive heat relieved only […]
First Draft Fiction: Fear of Beauty, Part 3
Read Part 1 and Part 2. Spring There is a distinct season devoted to mud for those who live along dirt roads, […]
First Draft Fiction: Fear of Beauty, Part 2
Read Part 1 here. Winter Snow in a rural setting was new for Rebecca. After the heavy flakes mounted, hours or days […]
First Draft Fiction: Fear of Beauty, Part 1
In a world crying out for stories, this author makes an attempt. Unrefined and unedited, we make no promises of high quality, […]
Illustrators Who Offer Books of Beauty
With so many ugly books for children, finding books of real beauty is unlikely to happen regularly without intention. Thankfully, once you […]
First Draft Fiction: A Living Hand, part 3
Read part 1 and part 2. Collin blanched at the sight of the empty sleeve. Standing next to his mother, Jane who […]
First Draft Fiction: A Living Hand, part 2
Read part 1 here. The car lurched over the crest of a hill on a winding road, the lights illuminating a stretch […]
First Draft Fiction: A Living Hand, part 1
In a world crying out for stories, this author makes an attempt. Unrefined and unedited, we make no promises of high quality, […]
Time and eternity in Astrid Lindgren’s “The Children of Noisy Village”
Astrid Lindgren’s memorable narrator, nine-year-old Lisa, in The Children of Noisy Village, conveys the childlike security of traditions. Lisa explains that Christmas […]