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
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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
Why Don’t Fish Drown — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you lovewhat you are doing, you will be successful." ~ Albert Schweitzer ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:One of my pet peeves is the overuse of the word “that” I see in writing — by critique partners and even… Continue reading Why Don’t Fish Drown — Review and Giveaway
Confessions from the Principal’s Kid — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you’ll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of… Continue reading Confessions from the Principal’s Kid — Review and Giveaway
Spy on History: Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself inany direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And youare the guy who’ll decide where to go.”~ Dr. Seuss ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Strengthening your verbs is always a good… Continue reading Spy on History: Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army — Review and Giveaway
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