Friday Writing Question

Hello SErs. Harmony here for another Friday Writing Question. After years of reading books and enjoying so many different authors, I then began writing and publishing for myself. At some point, I re-read some of my old favourite books. And therein lies today's question ... Can you ignore technical issues in a novel if the …

Friday Book Share: The Passage

Hi SErs. Harmony here. Today, I'd like to share one of the most awesome trilogies I've read in a while, The Passage Series by Justin Cronin. Those of you who follow blog will have seen the 5-star reviews I gave to each book. Though each book is a long one, I found myself enjoying the …

Friday Book Share – Detecting Two Compelling Reads by Anne Frasier

Hello to all the Story Empire readers! It's my turn at the Friday Book Share and I've been holding onto a couple of books for over a month so I'm excited to post about them today. Both of the books I've chosen are the first two in a series which caught me eye around Christmas. …

Writing a Thoughtful Review

Ciao, SEers. I hope those of you who had a three-day weekend enjoyed the time off work. Did you go boating? Have a picnic? Lounge by the pool? I hope you had the time to read a good book or two. I bring it up because I'm about to preach to the choir. If you're …

See the Forest & the Trees

There's an age-old idiom which we still use today and which goes something like this: "You cannot see the forest for the trees." The meaning for most of us is plain; we tend to be too close to a problem to actually grasp the scope of it. Shakespeare played on this saying somewhat in Macbeth …