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Habits of Highly Effective Writers

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog

My buddy and fellow writer, member of my full-of-awesomeness writing group, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, shared this today. It’s so good, it’s worth posting or printing and rereading or constant reference....

The Covenant by James Michener

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog

I’ve been reading The Covenant for a few weeks now. It’s an epic novel–about 1000 pages long! When I put it on my reading list for sabbatical, I had no idea that it was that long–or I might have reconsidered it. It’s fictional, but like...

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Book Review

This is one of those books I’m embarrassed I hadn’t read before. That maybe in certain circles, I’d nod as if I’d read it unless asked directly. (Did I do that? I don’t think so, but I might have). When I started it, I was a bit...

What the FRACK is going on?

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog

Happy Halloween! Crazy day: 1. It’s Halloween 2. Loft-McKnight application is due today 3. Slider’s Son got rejected from Holiday House, so rethinking what to do…where/how to send 4. I’ve been doing all sorts of research about FRACKING for my...

Country of My Skull

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 28, 2014 | Blog

Krog, Antjie. Country of my Skull. 1998. New York: Broadway, 2000. This book has been on my reading list since I began studying South African history. It’s a difficult book to begin because it seems disjointed with random comments about the selection of the...

Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog, Book Review

I’m a huge Irving fan. I don’t even know how many of his books I’ve read. However, sometimes one of these heavy tomes of his leaves me thinking that an editor is probably afraid to hack up one of John Irving’s manuscripts. I thought this one...