JULY 2009 Chaser by Miasha Children of the Waters: A Novel by Carleen Brice The Devil is a Lie by Reshonda Tate Billingsley Friends and Fauxs by Tracie Howard The Greatest Pretenders by E. Lynn Harris Heaven Right Here by Lutishia Lovely Jericho’s Fall by Stephen L. Carter L.A. Summer: Friends Til the Blood End [...]
Overall, active voice is preferred over passive voice because active voice shows immediacy, action. However, this isn’t to say you should never use passive voice.
Summer is just around the corner. Cook outs, vacations, trips to the beach, cooling off in a darkened theater. Having fun and hanging with your peeps is the name of the game. At least, that’s the case for most of us.
And…here we go! 1. It’s cold and _____. the month of May…hmmm not really it’s warm now…we’re headed into summer baby! 2. _____ tomatoes. Remember the movie Green Fried… 3. My favorite health and beauty product is _____. the moisturizer I use on my face. 4. _____ a nice long ride. Driving along Pacific Coast [...]
IMMORTAL by Val Jeanne Jeffers starts in the year 3075 and Tundra has been at peace for 400 years. Gone is the racism, poverty and war. Where if any weapons are brought into Tundra it is the one thing punishable by death. Tundra, a place where you are only known by your first name and number.
I Am Going to Where I Belong by Hans Lindor begins in Haiti where 14 year-old Hans Leger is a member of a privileged family. A detour by the family chauffeur one day has Hans and his younger brother seeing a part of Haiti that was hidden from him.
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie is an ambitious epic book that grabs you in the prologue, as an unnamed narrator is disrobed and left to wait naked with only a steel bench to sit on.
I’m a small town girl who came to the Northeast after college. I’m the eldest of five and my personality definitely reflects the textbook definition of an eldest child. I’m fairly bossy and pathologically organized and responsible. Textbook!
I’m still new to the writing industry, but I’ve been writing my entire life. I’ve only been publishing novels for almost a year now, but I have two novels out that people really enjoy. I love the art of telling a story, entertaining people, informing, and educating people.
Currently I’m reading Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead…actually I’ve been trying to read it for two weeks. It’s the May BOM for APOOO…otherwise I would put this aside (and never finish it) because it’s really not holding my interest.
