“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 you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop…even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This is the biggest caveat for beginning writers. Instead, force yourself to finish what you began, and THEN go back and edit it." ~ Jodi Picoult ~ Gifts for My… Continue reading HOW THEY CROAKED: THE AWFUL ENDS OF THE AWFULLY FAMOUS — Review
Thought for the Day: "You are lucky to be one of those people who wish to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. ~ Anne Lamott ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Every book needs good pacing and tension throughout. HERE is a good article… Continue reading MASCOT — Review
Thought for the Day: “You either write or there’s silence. It’s that simple.”~ Gregory Galloway ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We would all like to hear some really good publishing news, but maybe it’s better to have a realistic picture of what is going on. HERE is a terrific article by Vicky Weber on… Continue reading MIXED FEELINGS — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." ~ Octavia E. Butler ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all need to be reminded of good writing habits now and then. HERE is a good… Continue reading FASTER THAN A JET, BIGGER THAN A WHALE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MEASURING OUR WORLD — Review
Thought for the Day: “Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”~ Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I can never get enough about query letters. If I see an article or post on… Continue reading RISE OF THE SPIDER — Review
Thought for the Day: "I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies." ~ George Saunders ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I've often read about a story being structured in three acts, but HERE K. M.… Continue reading ORPHANLAND — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily because I believe it is our privilege as humans to keep making things. Most of all, I keep working because I trust that creativity is always trying to find me, even when I have lost sight of… Continue reading WILD MOUNTAIN IVY — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” ~ William Faulkner ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: As I've mentioned here, I am working hard at trying to cut words from my… Continue reading ATLAS OF PREHISTORIC ANIMALS — Review
Thought for the Day: “Have no fear of perfection—you’ll never reach it.”~ Salvador Dalí ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Do you ever feel like some of your scenes are just flat? HERE is a great post by Lisa Hall-Wilson that will help you bring those dead scenes back to life. I don't do writing… Continue reading DINOSAURS: EXPLORING PREHISTORIC LIFE AND GEOLOGICAL TIME — Review
Thought for the Day: “Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head, and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.”~ Colette ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: For a pantser like me, I found Gwen Hernandez's… Continue reading DEAD ENDS!: FLUKES, FLOPS & FAILURES THAT SPARKED MEDICAL MARVELS — Review
Rosi Hollinbeck 