“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ~ Anna Quindlen
Thought for the Day: “When I’m writing the first draft, I’m constantly reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box, so that later I can go back and build castles.”~ Jordan Peele ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Queries can't be avoided if you want to be published, but writing them can be… Continue reading THE SUMMER SCRAPBOOK — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: There is not an idea that cannot be expressed in 200 words. But the writer must know precisely what he wants to say. If you have nothing to say and want badly to say it, then all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice.” ~ Eric Hoffer ~ Gifts for… Continue reading A DAY AT THE BEACH — Review
Thought for the Day: “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”~ Jack Kerouac ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I wrote on here recently I didn’t see many posts about book endings, so, of course, there was one this week from K. M Weiland HERE called The Psychology of… Continue reading CONFESSIONS OF A MANGO — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there and wait for a wave, and when it comes it takes you somewhere and you don't know where it'll go."~ Margaret Atwood ~ Gifts… Continue reading JUST LIKE THAT — Review
Thought for the Day: “Being a writer is a very particular sort of job: It’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”~ Neil Gaiman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Voice, voice, voice. Any writer who has watched a webinar or… Continue reading JUPITER RISING — Review
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Thought for the Day: "Sometimes you have to be less ashamed about writing a bad poem than you would be about being silent." ~ Robert Hass ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Unreliable narrators are a challenge to write, but they can do a lot of work for an author. HERE is a great article… Continue reading THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL — Review
Thought for the Day: “Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar.”[“Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.”]~ Antonio Machado ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Laura Lyndhurst, writing for The Story Empire Blog, has an interesting post HERE called Size Matters and discusses book lengths. This is… Continue reading BIG DIGS: AMAZING UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS — Review
Thought for the Day: "Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.”~ Barbara Kingsolver ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is an interesting post by Jon Morrow from SmartBlogger about adding Power Words to your writing. Nathan Bransford's blog is always worth a look. HERE is a great… Continue reading FIFTH GRADE TOP DOGS — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Good writing takes place at intersections, at what you might call knots, at places where the society is snarled or knotted up." ~ Margaret Atwood ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Creative Penn has a wonderful article on verbs HERE, or you can listen to the podcast of it. It’s… Continue reading GLORY BE — Review & Giveaway
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