Thought for the Day: "Anyone who says he wants to be a writer and isn't writing, doesn't." ~ Ernest Hemingway ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I haven’t seen anything on this topic before — writer envy. I know I suffer from this sometimes. Anyway, check the article out HERE from The Writer Magazine. We… Continue reading One True Way — Review & Giveaway
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Around the World in 50 Ways – Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ~ Albert Schweitzer ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I really like the feature Writer’s Digest has now and then showing successful query letters and what about… Continue reading Around the World in 50 Ways – Review & Giveaway
The Possibility of Whales — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” ~ J. K. Rowling ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Is your novel full of stage directions? M. L.… Continue reading The Possibility of Whales — Review & Giveaway
Heartwood Hotel Book 3 Better Together — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end." ~Ursula K. LeGuin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writers Helping Writers always have great stuff, but I particularly like the post HERE on making your characters likable. It’s really important… Continue reading Heartwood Hotel Book 3 Better Together — Review & Giveaway
Natural History Museum Explorer Dinosaurs! — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” ~ George Edward Woodberry ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Grammar can be vexing for a lot of people. Laura Fineberg Cooper has a terrific post HERE at Writers’ Rumpus with common mistakes and how to avoid them. Cliches have a… Continue reading Natural History Museum Explorer Dinosaurs! — Review and Giveaway
Wed Rabbit — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts.You need to start somewhere." ~ Anne Lamott ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Flashbacks are tricky, but sometimes they are necessary. HERE Randy Ingermanson has a good post on just that topic. Anne R. Allen offers fixes for plot holes in your manuscript HERE. My favorite section… Continue reading Wed Rabbit — Review and Giveaway
Saturdays with Hitchcock — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat,determination and hard work.”~ Colin Powell ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:First I want to mention Jess Carroll to you. Jess has the most awesome service for those who write picture books, especially rhyming ones. Her critiques are AMAZING! And she will soon be… Continue reading Saturdays with Hitchcock — Review and Giveaway
Three Times Lucky — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. Youget ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and otherpeople is we notice when we're doing it." ~ Neil Gaiman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:The Writer Magazine has a good article HERE on using visualization and immersion in making your… Continue reading Three Times Lucky — Review and Giveaway
Lily’s Mountain — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“If you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”~Meg Cabot ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:An interesting take on Villains HERE from Steven Pressfield. Have a saggy middle? HERE is a post on Writers in the Storm that might help you out. Alex Limberg at Ride the Pen has… Continue reading Lily’s Mountain — Review & Giveaway
The Player King — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If youdon’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write storiesthat other people love, you’ll never make it.”~ Ray Bradbury ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Some years ago, I was in a critique group with several… Continue reading The Player King — Review and Giveaway
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