by Chloe | Apr 29, 2022 | All-American Boy Series, Fly Boy, Writing
I was thrilled this week to get similar comments from two early readers for Fly Boy: “What I love about Holiday’s books are her strong and feisty female characters. They persevere no matter what…” and “One reason I adore her work is because her characters are always...
by Chloe | Apr 28, 2022 | All-American Boy Series, Fly Boy, Writing
I love “forced proximity” in novels, and it’s a staple of enemies-to-lovers stories, like that of Travis and Tricia in Fly Boy. It’s present in Submerged Hopes, when Nick the Navy diver must interpret ASL for Nerissa, the Deaf archaeologist, and in New Heights, when...
by Chloe | Apr 26, 2022 | A Boy and his Dog, All-American Boy Series, Fly Boy, Writing
If you want to be a writer, the issue of sex scenes is one you’ve got to think about. Skip entirely? How detailed? I’ve had a lot of people ask me about this: “How do you decide how graphic to be?” or say things like, “I don’t like sex scenes; they’re all the same” or...
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