Monthly Archives: February 2012

February 18, 2012

Hooks Versus Openings

Recently the Writer’s Digest published an article that compiled the views of writing professionals on opposing sides of certain writing “rules” issues. One of the topics dealt with the novel opening, or hook. How exactly should a novel begin? Should … Continue reading →

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Tagged as beginnings, fiction, Jerry Jenkins, novel openings, Steve Almond, Writer's Digest

February 11, 2012

Hooks Readers Can’t Resist

This week at the team blog I contribute to, Speculative Faith, we took a look at the first one hundred words of five unpublished manuscripts by some anonymous volunteers, with one question in mind: would you keep reading? Over fifty … Continue reading →

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Tagged as novel openings, story hook

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- CSFF Blog Tour Wrap – Beckon by Tom Pawlik May 26, 2012
  With school ending and summer creeping in, CSFF squeezed in a blog tour for Beckon by award-winning author Tom Pawlik. The modest tour for this adult speculative thriller included thirty-seven posts from twenty-five bloggers. Those who posted all three days of the tour are eligible for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award for May. Below [...]
- Who Do We Follow? May 25, 2012
  what we struggle with, it seems, is allowing our time with God in His Word to inform our actions and attitudes when we are in the world. Instead, the reverse is becoming true–our time in the world is informing our attitudes toward the Word.
- CSFF Blog Tour – Beckon by Tom Pawlik, Day 3 May 24, 2012
  An interesting set of posts this month for the CSFF Blog Tour featuring Tom Pawlik’s newest adult speculative suspense, Beckon. There’s been discussion about the characters, Alzheimer disease, immortality, abortion (here on my blog), body count, arachnophobia, reading at night (or not), spelunking, and more. Without a doubt, this book made an imp […]
- CSFF Blog Tour – Beckon by Tom Pawlik, Day 2 May 23, 2012
  Stephen King lite? Creepy suspense thriller? A story in the tradition of Tuck Everlasting? These and more are the things CSFF Blog Tour participants are saying about Beckon by Tom Pawlik. But those aren’t quite all the same, are they. So who is right? Is the book too violent or only mildly gruesome? This book [...]
- CSFF Blog Tour – Beckon by Tom Pawlik, Day 1 May 21, 2012
  When I was growing up, my friends, parents, siblings, and, I'm sure, I as well, parroted an adage that held a lot of truth: two wrongs don't make a right. Intentionally or not, Beckon explores this pithy statement.
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