Books to Movies: Galadriel and Putting Characters Face to Face

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I mention in my analysis of The Hobbit, when comparing chase scenes, that I consider the later trilogy's chase scene in Moria one of the...

Great Heyer Character: Venetia as a Truly Independent Female Character

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I am not opposed to writers using tropes, even stereotypes, in their writing, so long as they do it well.  Georgette Heyer could produce rat...

All the Ms: MacMillan to Mad Scientists

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Gilly MacMillan: There’s a suspense/mystery genre in which women–mothers, daughters, sister, lovers—either end up in dangerous circumstance...

Accountants as Heroes: The Auditors and The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter

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Van Dine famously wrote that murder is the only satisfactory problem for a full-length mystery. And generally speaking, most of the Golden A...

The Dragon Character: Totally Meta

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Going through characters created by "G" authors reminded me of Gannett's My Father's Dragon . And that got me thinking of ...

More on Characters: Types and Stereotypes

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Books on writing often tout that all good writing is character-driven and that all good characters are complex. Complex characters have name...

The Self-Sufficient Teenage Character: Jean George's Sam

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A number of years ago, my mother commented that she found the behavior of a set of characters unrealistic due to their age. The characters w...

Books to Movies: Fellowship, Bill the Pony, and Animals are a Lot of Work

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In the movie, Bill the pony, shows up when the Fellowship leaves Rivendell. In the book, Bill shows up much earlier since he was obtained in...

Animals That Talk and Why the Blogger (Mostly) Doesn't Care for the Trope

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Re-post from 2005. In a recent post about horses, I comment that I prefer books about animals to include humans.  I'm not a huge fan of...

The Character of the Wild Animal with the Heart of Gold

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When I was growing up, it was a given that girls love horses. I'm not sure where the idea came from. I liked horses and I took horse-rid...

Art for Art's Sake: Sister Boniface

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I have mentioned elsewhere that in my younger days, I had a somewhat low opinion of "art for art's sake" since it seemed mostl...

Books to Movies: Fellowship, Keeping Characters Characters Plus More About Mary Sues

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How much can you change until the character is no longer the character? Scriptwriters and directors are constantly changing stories until th...

Darcy's Possibly Happy Childhood

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Because Darcy is glum and untalkative, some fan fiction tries to suggest that he has trauma. I don't agree (and neither does Darcy, actu...

Employee Appreciation Day: Office Work Deserves More Recognition

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Employee Appreciation Day is today, March 1st. Granted, I think these holidays are often used to make token noises of appreciation and move ...
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Great Family Characters: The Melendys

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One of my favorite series to write has been the Donna Howard series (which I hope to republish in 2026). I created two families--one of thre...

All the Ms: Picking Up on Historical Themes

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One of the fascinating aspects of reading all the Ms (perusing the first chapter or 10 pages of all adult fiction books by authors whose las...
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