by Jim Proctor | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog
Redemption 10 July, 2017 Character Redemption Karma A few nights ago, my wife and I watched Emma Watson’s live-action Beauty and the Beast movie. I have to say, I was impressed. There has been a lot of talk on social media about the story itself. Distilling all...
by Jim Proctor | May 5, 2017 | Blog
How is your opening line? 5 May, 2017 Opening Line Cover Art Blurb You’re browsing books and the cover art of one book catches your eye. You pick it up and read the blurb on the back cover and it sounds like something you’d like to read. You open to the first chapter...
by Jim Proctor | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
Writers Need to Read 24 January, 2017 Writing Reading Learning Genre Writers need to read. You’ve probably heard that before. It’s true. You may believe it, or profess to believe it, but have you taken it to heart? There is a saying, often worded differently,...
by Jim Proctor | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog
Magic is Real 13 December, 2016 Magic Reading When I was a child, I loved to have books read to me. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad reading to me from a book of children’s poems. My favorite poem was called “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb...
by Jim Proctor | Jan 30, 2014 | Blog
What is Fantasy 30 January, 2014 Fantasy A few days ago, I read a comment on Facebook in which a person said that Fantasy was not something that she normally read. She was surprised that a Fantasy book she had won in a giveaway wasn’t at all what she had...
