Laura Boldin-Fournier – Guest Author
I’m not the first person to recommend joining a writer’s critique group. A friend and a member of the group invited me and I’ve been attending for three years. I will tell you from experience as a novice writer, that it’s been a tremendous help. Often, it’s the incidental detail that I miss that can stand out and weaken my writing.
For example, I overuse adverbs. I’ll use duplicate words in a paragraph and not notice it. I’ll include excessive detail when it adds nothing of value to the chapter. I frequently use weak verbs and passive sentences. For me, the list goes on. Thank goodness I have the patience of my group members that point out these flays
One of the members of my critique group, and my guest, is Laura Boldin-Fournier. She’s an accomplished, and published writer of short stories and children’s books. Recently she has submitted one of her science-fiction short stories entitled,  Poultry Matters to Quantum Shorts’ flash fiction. This work is published on their website.  Follow the above link for her latest entertaining piece.
Laura grew up in upstate New York. She received her bachelor’s degree in education from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in library science from C.W. Post College. Prior to retirement in Palm Beach County, Florida, she spent years as a schoolteacher and librarian.
Her short stories are included in the anthologies of Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Her three published stories are: (1) Family Caregiver, (2) My Very Good, A Very Bad Cat (3) Inspiration for Teachers
Laura’s Head Over Heels was an award-winning story and is posted on the Wordsandbrushes.com website. She is also a finalist in a writing competition sponsored by Living Springs Publishers. Her story appears in the anthology, Stories Through the Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2018. In 2016, Pelican Publishing Company released her children’s book An Orangutan’s Night Before Christmas.
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Follow Laura on her website. http://lauraboldin.com/or on her Twitter account.
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