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Articles

Character, Plot, or Message-Based Novels? (part 2)

(A discussion of my own approach to developing character goals, part 2) Short Story Character Goals...

Character, Plot, or Message-Based Novels? (part 1)

(A discussion of my own approach to developing character goals, part 1) In the audience of a...

FICTION: LITERARY OR GENRE?

Back in 2010, when my newly acquired agent asked for the genre of my debut novel (The Third Grace)...

READ IT ANEW

Symbols of the Old, Old Story Reused in Literature When you read a novel or short story, do you...

MASQUERADE – Am I a Friend

In The Third Grace, my character Ebenezer MacAdam owns Incognito Costume Shop and...

FIND THE DIVINE IN PARIS

My favourite destination is known as the “City of Lights,” and God is called the “Father of Lights.”...

HOW TO TAME A CITY-SLICKER

I was born for uptown living. True, the view from the maternity ward of the Mennonite village that...

Character Interview AGLAIA

Let’s have a conversation with Aglaia (aka Mary Grace Klassen), main character in the...

HOW TO TASTE PARIS

Greek mythology tells of ambrosia, the food of the gods bestowing immortality, but I’d give up my...

OFF THE GRID

Are you planning a day trip to the countryside or visiting a farm? Go prepared!  I was a...

MY FAVORITE NOOKS AND CRANNIES

I’ve been to Paris half-a-dozen times in the last two decades and can’t wait to lose myself again in...

A NEW LOOK FOR GRACE

Fresh cover, same award-winning story . . . QUESTIONS ABOUT ME (DEB) AND MY NOVEL (Adapted from an...