

Reading Challenge: Memory, All Alone in the Moonlight (AKA Theme)
Remember learning about theme in your English classes? It was one of the most annoying topics to learn. I can almost hear the hard eye-rolls


Reading Challenge: Stuck in the Middle with You
Like a magician sawing a body in half, we’ve made it to the middle. It’s what we call “The Midpoint,” pretty original, right? Bad jokes...


Reading Challenge: Once It Happens, There’s No Going Back
A funny thing happened after the last blog. I read the next prompt for the DIY MFA WriterIgniter Reading Challenge and realized I had...


Reading Challenge: Funeral Home Break-in
Have you ever been reading and realized . . . it’s been four pages and no one’s said anything? Oh, just me? Readers and writers alike...


Reading Challenge: The Protagonist—Who Are They and What Do They Want?
For the second prompt in the DIYMFA WriterIgniter Reading Challenge, we’re supposed to identify the main character. Which, isn’t as easy...


Reading Challenge: The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Since I’m in the middle of revising my novel and I need to do competitive book research anyway, DIYMFA’s WriterIgniter Reading Challenge...