Fiction Writing – Page 5 – Tanya D. Dawson

Mary Ryan Jones

Andersen Light’s Georgie Jones' relationship with her mother, Mary Ryan Jones, isn’t complicated. It’s understandable. After all, people are multifaceted, and their relationship continually reshapes with life situations. Georgie’s…

Adult Fiction, Fiction Writing, New Writer, Novel, Young Adult Fiction

Meet Katie, Canine Coworker & Officemate

Katie, a perpetually shedding, half Beagle/half Shiba Inu, is my friend, canine coworker and officemate. She follows me from room to room and stations herself somewhere between the door and me, either to guard or keep me in place. Early…

Adult Fiction, Fiction Writing, New Writer, Novel, Young Adult Fiction

Lessons Learning — Knowing Now What We Now Know is Okay (Distractions)

I know we don’t know what we don’t know. Still, sometimes I wish I had known some of what I’ve learned over the past few years a long time ago, don't you? I allow wistfulness its brief moment but move on to appreciate my lessons—not…

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Georgie and Josefina ask, "What Would Luther Say?"

When baffled by a new subject or problem, Georgie and Josefina respond with, “Let’s ask Luther,” or “What would Luther say?” Whether unexpected or truth the girls hadn’t yet faced, Luther’s guidance and instruction are kind, wise…

Adult Fiction, Fiction Writing, New Writer, Novel, Young Adult Fiction

Meet Georgie's Peeps: A Peek into a New Novel

Meet Georgie Jones's peeps, the Ryan and Jones families. Mary, a commercial artist, is mom to Georgie and her sibling units, Bill and Rose. Mom’s parents, Grandpa and Grandma Ryan, have a farm in the country, complete with a goat, where…

Fiction Writing, Novel

BFF Who's a Boy

Shawn Green is Georgie and Josefina’s best-friend-who’s-a-boy and a true cyber geek. He lives with his dad, Derrick, brother Earl, and Aunt Darlene. We often find Shawn hunched over the phone his dad uses to communicate with him when he…

Fiction Writing, Novel

Dad & Professor

William Samuel Jones, Georgie’s dad, is professor of music at the local college as well as weeknight and weekend musician. And, the man can cook. He whips up delectable tasties for Georgie and himself, and later at Andersen Light: A Mystic…

Fiction Writing, Novel

New School

Georgie’s new school is foreign. Obviously, it’s high school, so that’s new. She could get used to the crimson and gray, but what school makes their primary sport dodgeball? Maybe she is the foreigner in this town, born here but still…