Melissa GoutyJan 30, 20205 minOrdinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Is No Ordinary Novel Aspiring writers can learn from the techniques used by Krueger in the acclaimed novel, Ordinary Grace.
Melissa GoutyJan 30, 20204 minWhy Read a Book with an Unlikable Character? why spend time reading a book when you dislike the main character? Consider this.The most unlikeable character impacts you the most. I came
Melissa GoutyJan 14, 20208 min7 Ways Keeping a Book Journal Will Improve Your WritingUnless you’re blessed with a photographic memory, you don’t remember each and every book you read. A book journal will help with that.
Melissa GoutyJan 6, 20205 minReasons to Read the Novel, Circe, by Madeline Miller Circe was a unique and memorable book that took me to a world I had never allowed myself to imagine…the halls of the Titan gods forever batt
Melissa GoutyDec 27, 20195 min"The Rest of the Story:" Delia Owens' Book Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens may was influenced by her work in Africa and the unsolved murder of a poacher that implicated her family when she wrote Crawdads
Melissa GoutyNov 25, 20194 minThe Forgotten Ingredient for a Better Life: Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the Power of Solitude“Now, instead of planting our solitude with our own dream blossoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter and companionship to w
Melissa GoutyNov 21, 20194 minConflict in Book World But what happens when two authors write two books about a relatively obscure topic and the second book, released later, has definite similar
Melissa GoutyNov 15, 20194 minWhy a 40-Year-Old Book Still Rocks ReadersThe critical components of any classic: Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear This year, in a drastic departure from our norm, the Monday...
Melissa GoutyOct 4, 20193 minA Raucous, Racy Diary - and Why We Still Read It 300 Years LaterWilliam Byrd's Diary 300 year-old diary is filled with good health, good thoughts, and good humor - and coded references to sex.