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: That old bugaboo Show Don’t Tell is revisited HERE at Fiction University by Laurence McNaughton. This is a really good one. BookBabyBlog has an interesting post… Continue reading Out of Left Field — Review & Giveaway
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Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes...including YOU!" ~ Ann Lamott ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Query letters are, at least for me, daunting. So when I see a post on writing queries, I always pay attention. The one HERE from Sub it Club will… Continue reading Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element — Review & Giveaway
Hank Zipzer: The Cow Poop Treasure Hunt — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I have written a great many stories and I still don’t know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.” ~ John Steinbeck ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Greg Pattridge has some great links to important articles on his blog once a week. Check it… Continue reading Hank Zipzer: The Cow Poop Treasure Hunt — Review & Giveaway
Bob — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction." ~John Cheever~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Editing? Don’t miss the post HERE from Janice Hardy at Fiction University. Not all of our protagonists are choir boys, nor should they be. So how do we make… Continue reading Bob — Review & Giveaway
Road Trip with Max and his Mom — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.” ~ C.S. Lewis ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: James Scott Bell at Kill Zone has something HERE to say about saying nothing. It’s interesting. We are always being told how important our openings are. Just… Continue reading Road Trip with Max and his Mom — Review and Giveaway
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” ~ Ernest Hemingway ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: If we want our writing to excite, we need to write brilliant sentences. Cristian Mehai has a post HERE that… Continue reading Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen — Review & Giveaway
Big Nate Silent but Deadly – Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” ~ Morihei Ueshiba, Author ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Names in writing always interest me. I could probably write a book on the names in Steinbeck’s books. He was, in my mind, the master of great literary naming. Anne… Continue reading Big Nate Silent but Deadly – Review and Giveaway
One True Way — Review & Giveaway
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
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
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