AND THE WINNER IS….
LAURA BRECK!!! Congratulations, Laura. You are the winner of January’s First Friday Fodder For Fiction Writing Exercise Contest. Thank you so much for entering. I will be sending you copies of e-book...
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Curtain
by Meredith Ellsworth What informs my fiction writing? So many things: my childhood, the places I’ve lived, my family and friends, my schools, my hats, my jobs—oh, and my invisible friend. I began...
View ArticleMonkeying Around
by Karen Cantwell Recently I sat across from an agent, pitching my first novel, Take the Monkeys and Run. She listened, then quietly pondered without responding. Finally, she asked me, “Is it really...
View ArticleBoredom Breeds Fodder for Fiction
by Bill Walker Writers nearly always find inspiration when and where they least expect it. Whether it springs from a story on the news, an overheard conversation, or a daydream, inspiration can and...
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Tuesdays and Thursdays are available to guest bloggers at Lisa Leibow’s Fodder for Fiction! If you are a published author and you would like to be a guest please contact Lisa [at] LLLeibow [dot] com.
View ArticleBUY THIS NEW RELEASE, GET A FREE COPY OF DOUBLE OUT AND BACK PLUS A CHANCE TO...
In honor of her new release from Red Rose Publishing, author LaConnie Taylor-Jones asked me to put myself in her leading lady’s (Dr. Laney Houston) place in IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN and respond to this...
View ArticleAnything You Do or Say May End Up in One of My Books
by F.M. Meredith The Rocky Bluff P.D. series has many such happenings. The very first in the series, Final Respects, is about the death of a police officer during a domestic dispute. Though the...
View ArticleHAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA GLASS!
This week on Fodder for Fiction, we’re celebrating the birthday of one of my favorite authors, and one I consider a mentor! Happy Birthday Julia Glass! I know Julia Glass would appreciate my focusing...
View ArticleFIRST FRIDAY FODDER FOR FICTION WRITING EXERCISE – APRIL 2010
METHOD WRITING – INTERVIEW YOUR CHARACTER ABOUT HIS OR HER MOTIVATIONS Here are some fun, miscellaneous questions you can ask yourself about your new character, or if you’re really embracing the...
View ArticleThe Hypocritical Pacifist
Over the years, I have tried to encourage my hubby to take up jogging with me, or yoga, or spin class. But he has no interest in that. Don’t get me wrong. He’s active. He coaches our sons’ basketball...
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