Home Sweet Home?
Home — where your roots are, where you’re from, is vitally important to most people. It’s the place where we belong, where we’re welcome, accepted, and loved. It’s an essential part of our identity. My husband and I moved to…
Leslie Kain
Love Your Antagonist!
How bad is your bad guy?What makes him tick? Evil for the sake of evil is boring. Around 4:00 one morning I awoke, thinking about the antagonist in my debut novel (Secrets In The Mirror). Devon is the identical twin…
Let’s Talk About Talking
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”― Simone Weil How often do we actually give someone our full attention? You’re in the middle of an intense project. At work, at home. Your mind is on that project (Joe…
Character Identity
If someone grows up not being recognized, acknowledged, understood or valued, do they exist? What about fictional character identity?
Which vs That?
Confession: I’m a grammar nerd (some have even called me a grammar ‘nazi’). So in the matter of when to use ‘which’ or ‘that’, I’d like to offer some helpful guidelines. “Whether or not to use ‘that’ as a relative…