Connie InglisJan 24, 20212 minANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....
Connie InglisJan 15, 20211 min"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...
Connie InglisJan 3, 20213 minA Droste Hope--God's phrase for me for 2021.The Droste Effect. Are you familiar with it? According to wise-geek.com, the Droste Effect is, "a special type of visual effect which is...
Connie InglisDec 31, 20203 minLOOKING BACK --TRUST AND OBEYToday, I read a devotional I'd written in January 2020. Looking back at 2019. Wondering what 2020 would bring. What stood out to me were...
Connie InglisDec 8, 20201 minA Novel is BornThat fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.