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Bonnie Grove started writing when, as a teenager, her parents bought a typewriter (yes, during the age of dinosaurs), and she clacked out a terrible romance novel that her mom loved. She’s been turning out improving prose ever since.

Trained in counseling, and psychology, Bonnie developed social programs for families at risk, while landing newspaper articles and stories in anthologies.

Talking to the Dead came out of that crazy place inside her head that has more questions than answers. Questions about grief, love, sex, God, therapy, and how laughter makes everything okay–if only for a moment. The novel has won awards, and is published in languages she doesn’t speak.

Bonnie thinks in story, and continues to write novels–mostly because she’ ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

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Read what you love.
Read what you would like to write.
Read well beyond what you love to read.
Read classics. Understand and appreciate the 300 yea…moreRead.

Read what you love.
Read what you would like to write.
Read well beyond what you love to read.
Read classics. Understand and appreciate the 300 years of literature that has come before you. Read and continue to read for as long as you write.
Refuse to allow yourself to become stuck reading one or two genres or types of books.
Find joy in all kinds of writing.
Read books that are too deep, too difficult for you.
Take a course in English lit.
Take your ideas seriously.

Learn to read for love. Learn to write for love.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Bonnie Grove Writing is more than, well, writing. It's a complex of disciplines: reading, paying attention, rumination, study, sharpening observation skills, delvi…moreWriting is more than, well, writing. It's a complex of disciplines: reading, paying attention, rumination, study, sharpening observation skills, delving into the human condition, upending simplistic ideas.

Understood as a whole, there's isn't any such thing as writer's block. If I'm done writing for the day, then it's time to turn my attention to other aspects of the disciple of writing. Creativity is always happening, it doesn't have to look like one thing (writing).

Usually what we think of as writer's block is the writer unaccustomed to taking her writing seriously and fighting with her brain to take it seriously. Time and consistent effort overcomes this. Also, taking a break from text can help. A change of scenery, going for a walk, something that blows the cobwebs away. Just be certain to return to writing after the break.

Sometimes, simply writing about something different is enough to refresh the mind. (less)

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	Talking to the Dead 3.77 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot Apple Cider: Words to Stir the Heart and Warm the Soul by N.J. Lindquist (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Wendy Elaine Nelles (Editor), Brian C. Austin (Contributor) 3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Best You: Discovering and Developing the Strengths God Gave You 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Novel Tips On Rice: What To Cook When You'd Rather Be Writing by Bonnie Grove (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Patti Hill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kathleen Popa (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez

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Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul's Narrative Soteriology

by Michael J. Gorman

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Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

by Tim Keel

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Bonnie Grove said: " Just started this. I got hung up on a part in the introduction where he reduced art to the feeling level and not much more. Which is ironic for a book about embracing a more robust outlook. Still, I'm forging ahead. This book is part of my husband's ...more "

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“Perhaps forgiveness wasn’t a singular event, but a progression, or better, a dance that took some figuring before you could perform the steps.”
― Bonnie Grove, Talking to the Dead

tags: contemporary-fiction, literature, psychological-drama

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“The road to heaven isn’t much of a road,” he was saying. “It’s more like a dusty trail, roughly cut out through the underbrush. Most people don’t even notice it. It doesn’t look like a path at all, so they walk right by. Others see it, but don’t go down it because it’s ugly. Dirty. Difficult. Overgrown. If they took the road to heaven, their progress would be slow, maybe immeasurable. They’d have to give up a lot because the path is narrow.”
― Bonnie Grove, Talking to the Dead

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“Perhaps forgiveness wasn’t a singular event, but a progression, or better, a dance that took some figuring before you could perform the steps.”
― Bonnie Grove, Talking to the Dead

tags: contemporary-fiction, literature, psychological-drama

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