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By on October 15, 2007 in Uncategorized

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Book Therapist Picks: The Restorer

By on October 12, 2007 in Featured Fiction

I have to admit, I didn’t think I was a fantasy reader. One look at a Robert Jordan Wheel of Time book has me in shivers. I just can’t wrap my brain around the magic, and the elves, or mythical creatures, the rules of the different worlds, the ongoing list of characters. My brain isn’t that big, maybe. But when my friend Sharon Hinck asked me to read her new book, The Restorer, I was intrigued. The premise — the story of a soccer mom who goes through a portal to a different land to become their champion had me cheering. (Because, secretly, wouldn’t we all like to do that?) But…fantasy? And then I looked at my viewing habits — LOTR, Star Wars, Star Trek, and I remember devouring the […]

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Perscriptions: Writing Lits Part 1

By on October 11, 2007 in Uncategorized

During the September 2007 ACFW conference in Dallas, I (Rachel) presented a continuing session on writing Lits. The Book Therapists are bringing those sage lessons to you. 😉 It started with Chick Lit in ’96 with Helen Fielding’s popular “Bridget Jones Diary.” Wilkipedia defines chick lit a genre which features hip, stylish female protagonists, usually in their twenties and thirties, in urban settings (usually London or Manhattan), and follows their love lives and struggles for professional success (often in the publishing, advertising, public relations or fashion industry). The books usually feature an airy, irreverent tone and frank life themes. The genre covers the breadth of the female experience which deals unconventionally with traditional romantic themes of love, courtship and gender. In the USA, lits expanded to Mom Lit, Lady Lit, […]

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Self-Therapy: Showing Emotions

By on October 10, 2007 in Loosen Up!

Yesterday, in Doctor’s Notes, I talked about connecting the reader to the character by showing the appropriate emotions. But what if you have a tough guy, like my Rafe Noble, who is a bull rider. He doesn’t walk around weeping, that’s for sure. Still, he’s hurting. His best friend has been killed, his life is in shambles, and worses, he’s just gotten his heart broken by beautiful Kat Breckenridge. I didn’t want to show him curling up into a ball in the cab of his truck. But I wanted the losses to pile up on him, and take him down. So, I looked for the thing that mattered the MOST to Rafe, the thing he clung to for safety. If you have taken any of my plotting classes, you know […]

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