In “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald introduced us to the fictional places East Egg and West Egg, which refer to Long Island, New York. In Anne Tyler’s “Accidental Tourist,” we are told straightaway that the setting is Baltimore, the author’s beloved hometown. Is it better to invent a location or use a real place in your novel? (more…)
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Using Fictional v. Real Places in a Novel
Posted by cindyfazzi on September 30, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/using-fictional-v-real-places-in-a-novel/
Romance Junkies: 5 Reasons Why Women Love Boxing Heroes
This is an excerpt from an article I wrote for Romance Junkies, published on July 13, 2015.
Why do men like boxing? I think it’s the same reason they used to gather behind the school at lunchtime when they were 10 years old. They wished they were the toughie giving the school bully a good whooping. They like watching a good fistfight. I understand that, but why do women love boxing? (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on July 14, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/romance-junkies-5-reasons-why-women-love-boxing-heroes/
How to Use Food in Your Novel: “In His Corner” Date-Night Recipes
You can make your novel come to life by engaging the reader using all five senses—sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste. You don’t have to be a foodie to indulge your reader’s sense of taste. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on May 22, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/how-to-use-food-in-your-novel-in-his-corner-date-night-recipes/
Write What You Know? Why It Pays to Defy That Writing Advice
We’ve all been told to write what we know. But authors like Arthur Golden, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Annie Proulx have defied that writing advice successfully. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on March 23, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/write-what-you-know-why-it-pays-to-defy-that-writing-advice/
Forbes Article: 3 Career Reinvention Tips From A Reporter Turned Romance Writer
A Forbes article titled “3 Career Reinvention Tips From A Reporter Turned Romance Writer” coincided with the one-month countdown to the release of my debut romance book, “In His Corner.” (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on March 12, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/forbes-article-3-career-reinvention-tips-from-a-reporter-turned-romance-writer/