Skip to content

Cheryl Burman

Author
  • About the author
  • News
  • Cheryl Burman’s Books
    • Historical Fiction
    • Guardians of the Forest
  • Meet Cheryl here
  • Writing tips
  • Blog posts for readers & writers
    • Writing prompts
    • Bits of research
    • Recipes
  • Bits of writing
    • Look and listen!
  • Reviews of what I’m reading
    • Book reviews
  • Editing services
  • Author guest spots
    • Jodi Casstevens-Short
    • Carolyn Ruffles
    • Kathleen Marple Kalb
    • Eileen Curly Hammond
    • Kelly Miller
    • Ivy Logan
    • Tessa Barrie
    • Karen Heenan
    • K.L. Small
    • Wendy Leighton-Porter
    • Crispina Kemp
    • Marian L Thorpe
    • Jay Veloso Batista
    • RS Jonesee
    • Paula Peckham
    • Patricia Taylor Wells
    • J.C. (Joanne) Paulson
    • Nina Romano
    • Jean Roberts
    • Rue Sparks
    • Dreena Collins
    • C. D’Angelo
    • Lily Lawson, poet
  • Sammy’s Walks

Blog posts for readers & writers

Writing prompt: ‘Head high, she swept out of the room …’

December 30, 2022 cheryl

Join in my daily writing prompt! I don’t promise to respond to them all myself, but will try my best! Mine…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: flash fiction, short story, writing prompts

Writing Prompt: ‘Half the names on the list ….’

December 28, 2022 cheryl 1 Comment

Join in my daily writing prompt! I don’t promise to respond to every one myself, but will try my best!…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: flash fiction, short stories, writing prompts

Multiple POVs – good idea or not?

November 9, 2022 cheryl 2 Comments

What are POVs? Point of view (POV) characters are those through whose eyes the story of our novel is told.…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: characters, editing, multiple POVs, novel draft, points of view

And then she fell by Dreena Collins

November 8, 2022 cheryl

Dreena Collins is a master at contemporary short stories where she picks at the veneer of outward behaviour, layer by…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us

The House of Many Lives by L K Wilde

October 31, 2022 cheryl

My monthly newsletter book reviews can be found on my Reviews of what I’m reading page. But as I read more than one book…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: romance, women's fiction

Blood and Dust by JC Paulson

October 25, 2022 cheryl

Blood and Dust is a western fiction novel, which isn’t my thing, although I was an avid watcher of cowboy…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: Canada, historical fiction, romance, western fiction

Roots of Rookeri by Crispina Kemp

October 17, 2022 cheryl

My monthly newsletter book reviews can be found on my Reviews of what I’m reading page. But as I read more than one book…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: Fantasy, world-building

Six plot devices explained

October 7, 2022 cheryl
sign warning of cliff edge

I admit I only had a hazy knowledge of what a plot device is when I decided to write this…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: Checkov's gun, flashback, foreshadowing, narrative technique, plot devices, plot twists, red herrings

My review of A Father’s Gift by Paula Peckham

October 4, 2022 cheryl

Having read and very much enjoyed Protected, Paula Peckham’s first book in the San Antonio series, I was delighted to…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: Christian fiction, historical fiction, novella, Texas, western fiction

Plotter or Pantser?

September 9, 2022 cheryl
cartoon sharacters

Different writers approach their new work-in-progress in (many) different ways. Approaches tend, however, to fall along a spectrum. At one…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: novel outlining, novel writing approaches, pantsers, plotters, writing

Post navigation

Page 40 of 52
← Previous 1 … 39 40 41 … 52 Next →

  • About the author
  • News
  • Cheryl Burman’s Books
  • Meet Cheryl here
  • Writing tips
  • Blog posts for readers & writers
  • Bits of writing
  • Reviews of what I’m reading
  • Editing services
  • Author guest spots
  • Sammy’s Walks
Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2025 Cheryl Burman — Lyrical WordPress theme by GoDaddy