NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: WOMAN IN A HOLE – Blog # 6. American novelist Kurt Vonnegut said, “nobody ever lost money telling the story of a man in a hole.” Maybe I ought to consider Vonnegut’s advice as I start planning my New Paris Book – a semi-autobiographical novel. Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was knownContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: WOMAN IN A HOLE – Blog # 6 “
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NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: FOLLOWING RULES AND BREAKING RULES – Blog # 5
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: FOLLOWING RULES AND BREAKING RULES – Blog # 5. I’m still at the concept stage in the writing process of my new fictional book, tentatively called the New Paris Book. Why do I like my childhood Peter Rabbit 1902-1912 books by British author Beatrix Potter? Because Peter Rabbit broke theContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: FOLLOWING RULES AND BREAKING RULES – Blog # 5 “
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: SECRETS AND PUZZLES – Blog # 4
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: SECRETS AND PUZZLES – Blog # 4. I’m reminded that the best books contain secrets and puzzles. My New Paris Book – a fictional but auto-biographical novel – should have secrets and puzzles too then. Why are secrets and puzzles so fascinating for readers. Is it because everyone likes toContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: SECRETS AND PUZZLES – Blog # 4 “
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE KNOWN, THE UNKNOWN AND THE MORAL CONFLICT – Blog # 3
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE KNOWN, THE UNKNOWN AND THE MORAL CONFLICT – Blog # 3. Every story has three elements: the known, the unknown, and the main character – i.e., the hero. In the planning stages of my next fictional novel, tentatively called The New Paris Book, set in Paris from 2020, IContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE KNOWN, THE UNKNOWN AND THE MORAL CONFLICT – Blog # 3 “
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE CITY AND THE DRAGON – Blog # 2
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE CITY AND THE DRAGON – Blog # 2. The new fiction book that I’m starting in 2024 – let’s just call in the New Paris Book – is obviously set in Paris. So, I need to set the scene about how the main character (semi-biographically me) arrived in Paris. Without going into detailContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE CITY AND THE DRAGON – Blog # 2 “
NEW PARIS BOOK: LET’S GET STARTED IN 2024 – Blog # 1
NEW PARIS BOOK: LET’S GET STARTED IN 2024 – Blog # 1. Suggested and encouraged by friends, I have decided to commence writing another fictional book; this one a semi-biographical novel of my Parisian life. To begin, I asked myself why I should write another novel, and how I would build my story. The steps in my goContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK: LET’S GET STARTED IN 2024 – Blog # 1 “