Connie InglisMay 33 minMelody Jamal SmithNames are important. We'll get to that. Last week I did something that I'd never done before. No, I didn't go bungee jumping or sky...
Connie InglisNov 2, 20212 minLimericks, Lyrics, and Lots of VarietyI recently had a discussion with my brother-in-law who'd just finished reading my novel. He said he loved all the poetry I incorporated,...
Connie InglisJul 12, 20212 minPoetry, Purpose, and PowerAre you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...
Connie InglisJul 3, 20212 minTaking the PlungeDo you ever feel like an African wildebeest jumping heedlessly into the unknown? I've felt like that ever since I took the plunge into...
Connie InglisJun 11, 20211 minDo you hear it, Gramma? Do you see it, Bada? Part 2In my granddaughter's mindfulness to the sound of an airplane in the sky, I realized something else. And that is, how important sound is...
Connie InglisMay 17, 20212 minThe Semantics of Words99,468. Does that number mean anything to you? How about if I told you that's the number of words in my novel. Does that mean anything to...
Connie InglisApr 27, 20211 minBOOK COVER REVEAL -- FINALLY!Okay. Okay. I know you've been patiently waiting. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! These were the four choices from my poll back in...
Connie InglisFeb 23, 20212 minLinks, Lynx, and my Sci-Fi MindI'll be the first to admit that I'm NOT technologically savvy. Up until now, I've done pretty well at learning the basics. But what I've...
Connie InglisFeb 1, 20212 minThat UNSETTLING first line."It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." George Orwell, 1984. The novel that brought us "Big Brother,"...
Connie InglisJan 25, 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 16, 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 InglisDec 9, 20201 minA Novel is BornThat fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.
Connie InglisMay 12, 20202 minNewbie NovellingSnippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...