Writers, do you prefer to “write what you know” geographically, or to discover new settings, real or imagined? Readers, what do you look for (or avoid) in a setting? Or does it matter?
Pop over to my guest post at International Christian Fiction Writers and join the conversation.
‘Tis the season for “best of 2014” lists, and here are my picks for top 10 books I’ve read this year. (Goodreads tells me I read 64… ouch! And I know I didn’t record everything there.) Some were published in 2014, and some are older. These are in no particular order, and each one is best in its own category.
Non-fiction:
Fiction:
My stash of books to read is already intimidating, but how about sharing some of your picks from 2014? I can always add a few more…
This was my summer-reading stack a few years ago… some are still waiting…
Back to the biweekly writers’ blog hop again… this week we’re chatting about our favourite genres.
I love writing Christian suspense. Good thing, with two more books planned for the Redemption’s Edge series! I’ve dabbled in speculative fiction too, and that’s another genre I want to pursue. Still have those three characters sitting in a corner of my brain waiting for a science fiction plot.
But I thought Ruth L. Snyder‘s question for this week was about our favourite genre to read. I’m not quite as eclectically-interested as Steph Beth Nickel, but one look at my review list will confirm I’m pretty scattered. That’s a good thing for writers, because it keeps us learning.
Favourite genre: action/adventure, clean and fun. Best from a Christian worldview, whether it mentions God or not. It may show up in suspense, speculative, or historical. Any genre. If it makes me laugh too, that’s a bonus.
Feel free to leave me some reading suggestions in the comments, and share your own favourites.
And stop back tomorrow: there’ll be a special Saturday post with more birthday-month news.
Join me in visiting the other stops on the blog hop and checking out everyone else’s favourite genre(s). Just click the blog hop graphic below.
