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First-person, Past Tense: Playing to My Strengths

Larry Jenkins - July 1, 2013

I am a slave to first-person point of view. As I’ve said before, whenever I write a story, I want to connect with the reader. I like the storyteller approach, and I want the audience to feel like I’m talking directly to them, or at least give the illusion that my main character is. For […]

Love Me! Confessions of an Attention Whore

Larry Jenkins - May 21, 2012

I have two sons. One is a quiet, reserved kid, but the other … not so much. My younger boy needs an audience. He craves affirmation the way some people crave ice cream, and he will go to great lengths to get it. (The attention, not the ice cream. Though he’s a fan of that […]