Beth BlackJan 10, 20222 min readCharacters & ConflictVisit the "Free Samples" page on this site, and you'll find a short story I wrote about the way a lot of characters feel as they navigate...
Beth BlackSep 19, 20212 min readLoving the TermsMy love for literary devices goes back to UCI, where the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms became my favorite writing resource. I...
Beth BlackJun 7, 20212 min readInternal Rhyme Comes Just in TimeThere's a reason they call it wordplay. Study language enough, and it becomes play to choose tropes that express more than the action or...
Beth BlackMay 16, 20215 min readDistortion ExtortionIt began quietly. I was launching a novel called Where You Go, I Go and needed to draw attention to it. This is a monumental challenge...
Beth BlackOct 17, 20206 min readOpening Scene: Where You Go, I GoBonnie didn't like her odds in this place, surrounded by fossils in wheelchairs — the lame, the doomed, the decaying, the moribund.
Beth BlackJul 16, 20202 min readA Story and a HalfIt's one thing to read a story. It's another to know the tale that wags it.
Beth BlackJan 10, 20222 min readCharacters & ConflictVisit the "Free Samples" page on this site, and you'll find a short story I wrote about the way a lot of characters feel as they navigate...