Books I wish I had written

(Or…What Inspires Me as a Writer) We all have our favorite books—those we read again and again, that speak to us directly and touch something inside of us. Writers have a slightly weird relationship to novels, especially great novels. Before I wrote my first novel, I could get sucked into a great story and letContinue reading “Books I wish I had written”

Through the eyes of the first person…

Recently, I began reading the Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny to my son. I’ve had The Great Book of Amber, which collects all ten novels in the series (though not the short stories) for many years, and this series has stuck with me since my initial read of it. Zelazny published the firstContinue reading “Through the eyes of the first person…”