• Give a Good Critique

    by Jennifer Frost

    As a writer working in secret for decades, I’ve seldom shared my work with other authors. After a college writing class in which another student dismissed my work in one word, ‘boring,’ I walked away from further opportunities to share my stories.

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  • Giving Up the Ghost

    by Jennifer Frost

    In her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, acclaimed novelist Hilary Mantel conducts her reader through the story of her life as if she were giving a tour of a rambling manor house. “Here in the foyer, you’ll see the staircase haunted by the ghost of my step-father,” she might have said, leading us inside.

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  • Posts of Interest

    by Jennifer Frost

    Share ideas, notes on the writing life, news of upcoming writers’ events and other writing ephemera in the comments section below or leave a message on my Contact Me page.

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  • National Novel Writing Month 2021

    by Jennifer Frost

    National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 when I heard about it from a college friend, a writer who took the craft more seriously than myself in those days. When she explained that the task was to write 50,000 words starting on November 1st and ending on the 30th, I marveled that anyone could be

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  • Archived Reviews

    by Jennifer Frost

    Below, you’ll find full reviews of the books I’ve included in past Reading Room posts.

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