Today I’m visiting author M. Liz Boyle’s blog with my guest post, “The Importance of Fiction.” This wasn’t an easy post to write, which may sound weird since I write fiction. But sometimes when you do something long enough, you forget why you’re doing it. So, thank you, Liz, for giving me a topic that… Continue Reading →
Make Your Stories Come Alive
So happy to have author M. Liz Boyle back here at JPC Allen Writes. Today she’s giving advice on how to make your stories come alive. Hi, and thanks to JPC Allen for the opportunity to discuss Writing with the Senses! What words come to mind when you read this paragraph from Firehorse by Diane Lee Wilson?:… Continue Reading →
Headlines as Imagination Sparks by M. Liz Boyle
When I decided on adventure as my theme for the month, I knew I had to ask author M. Liz Boyle to do a guest blog. Her first novel, Avalanche, in the Off the Itinerary series concerns a group of teens trying to survive in the mountains after getting caught in, appropriately enough, an avalanche…. Continue Reading →
Writing Tip — Guest Blogger, M. Liz Boyle
Today my new author is M. Liz Boyle, whom I also met online. Last year, Liz published her first novel, a YA adventure. Welcome, Liz! What do you consider your first story? When I was about 7 or 8, I made up a cartoon about a ladybug and a worm named Sarah and Crawler, but… Continue Reading →
Write a Mystery with Me, Part 2
Feel like exercising your imagination? Use the photo prompt and write a mystery with me, part 2. Last week, I posted a photo prompt and an opening to a story. Author M. Liz Boyle added the next section, which is reproduced below. Now I’m adding the next part of the story. Anyone can contribute. Just… Continue Reading →