A small word with enormous meaning… from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

This may be my favorite line from The Nightingale. It is so small, so simple and sincere, but at that moment in the novel, it carries the weight of our protagonist’s world, perhaps even of Europe’s world.

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

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“She rolled away…” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

A fantastic line that hints at intimacy and shares a character’s quiet regret.

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

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21 Most “EPIC” Book Trailers!

The Suddenly Rural Girl trailer was recently selected by Rocket Expansion as one of the 21 of the Most Epic Book Trailers. In addition to be honored, it’s also humbling to be recognized in such an impressive grouping. The site also offers great tips on how to develop more epic book trailers.

To watch our trailer, check out our Suddenly Rural Girl page, or visit Rocket Expansion to see ours and many more.

“Lips as thin as an afterthought…” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

Quick. Careless. Hastily created. An afterthought. Perhaps the lips were crooked or formed an unusually small mouth? Here Hannah clearly describes a dominant nose . . . and then leaves the thin lips up to the reader.

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

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Suddenly Rural Girl–the book trailer!

We’re exited to share our Suddenly Rural girl book trailer. It teases the novel beautifully, and for those interested in these kinds of things here’s how we created it:

  • Write the script and plan the shots.
  • Feed detailed character descriptions into MidJourney, a text-to-image AI generator, which gave us awesome realistic images based on our characters and locations.
  • Feed the uprezed images into Runway Gen2, an image to video AI generator, which added the slight movement to what otherwise would have been still images.
  • Select and buy a licensed “epic” audio track from Pond5.com
  • Record the narration using Audacity . . . with my talented daughter, Kennedy doing the voice over.
  • Edit the animated stills and music together using Adobe Premiere and piece it together.

And now, FINALLY, you can order a copy of Suddenly Rural Girl in our SHOP!

“His broad shoulders…” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

Can you think of ten other ways to say someone is exhausted or worried? Sure you can, but I’d bet neither of us would have come up with this one. I love the subtle physical description and what the narrator insinuates from it.

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

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“…as heavy as coal soot” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

The analogy Hannah provides here reflects the era and reveals the suffocating tension of the scene. A powerful and effective simile.

“The atmosphere at the table was as heavy as coal soot, settling on all of them.”

Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

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“Faster than a lie…” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

This creative description succinctly tells us about a tall, quick, loud, and deceptive character. Love it.

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

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“My eyes fail me…” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

With these two sentences, Hannah both describes her protagonist and connects with a large demographic of readers. Though I’m not yet 50 . . . I can tell this is coming for me, too!

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

“Today’s young people…” from The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

With this passage, Hannah captures both the essence and the wisdom of her protagonist. It both tells us about her past . . . and hints at the difficult choices she may have to make.

It’s early in the year, but I think The Nightingale will be one of my favorite 2024 reads. Kristin Hannah places some beautiful and descriptive lines within a poignant plot fleshed out with engaging characters. If you’ve not read any Hannah, I’d recommend her work (especially The Nightingale)! Check her out in GoodReads!

A line from The River We Remember (15)

For authors, this is our hope. Our stories plant seeds and continue to grow . . . to take on a life of their own.

While The River We Remember isn’t my favorite William Kent Krueger novel, he weaves brief and insightful descriptions in all his work. If you’ve not read any Krueger, I’d recommend his work (especially This Tender Land)! Beautifully meandering fiction. Check him out in Goodreads.

For more about what I’m reading and the latest on my MG/YA Novel Suddenly Rural Girl, follow my blog! https://dannhurlbert.com/littletips

A line from The River We Remember (14)

Describing tension. In this short sentence, Krueger helps you feel it when you read it.

While The River We Remember isn’t my favorite William Kent Krueger novel, he weaves brief and insightful descriptions in all his work. If you’ve not read any Krueger, I’d recommend his work (especially This Tender Land)! Beautifully meandering fiction. Check him out in Goodreads.

For more about what I’m reading and the latest on my MG/YA Novel Suddenly Rural Girl, follow my blog! https://dannhurlbert.com/littletips