Tag Archives: Emma

When Honesty is Not the Best Policy

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

How honest are you?  In your personal code of conduct, is it okay to dodge a question that you don’t want to answer? shade the truth for a good cause? omit certain details to save yourself or another person embarrassment?  … Continue reading →

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Is it a Sign?

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

Question: Should I a) publish independently now? -or- b) continue holding out hope for a traditional publishing contract? That’s the decision I’ve been wrestling with, unsure which way I should go.  I’ve been writing seriously for about six years now.  During that time, I’ve completed three … Continue reading →

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Show and Tell

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

I’m teaching a class this weekend at a small writers’ conference.  The topic of my little one-hour workshop is “Show, Don’t Tell.”  I doubt Jane Austen ever worried about it, but most modern writers have heard this criticism enough to hate the … Continue reading →

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Truth Hurts!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Shannon Winslow

“This is not pleasant to you, Emma – and it is very far from pleasant to me, but I must, I will, – I will tell you truths while I can, satisfied with proving myself your friend by very faithful … Continue reading →

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The Stories of Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Shannon Winslow

> “This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas everybody invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend’s house once for a week. Nothing … Continue reading →

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Any Other Place

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Shannon Winslow

“Such a fortnight as it has been!” he continued; “every day more precious and delightful than the day before! – every day making me less fit to bear any other place. Happy those, who can remain at Highbury!” (Frank Churchill, … Continue reading →

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Leaving One’s Own Fireside

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Shannon Winslow

“A man must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most … Continue reading →

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