Thought for the Day:“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the readerand from the reader the writer learns.” ~ P.L. Travers ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Dialog, dialog, dialog. I can’t get enough of good posts about making it better. HERE is a great one from M. L. Keller. She does… Continue reading Greek Myths: Three Heroic Tales — Review and Giveaway
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The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York — Review and giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.” ~ Larry King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:If you need some tips for writing superbad villains, HERE is the post for you from The Creative Pen. Michelle Keller at Just Write… has a great post HERE that will help you make… Continue reading The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York — Review and giveaway
Women Who Dared — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” ~ Michael Phelps ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jane Friedman has a wonderful post HERE on How to Immediately Improve Your Query Letter’s Effectiveness. Adventures in YA Publishing has some good, instructive posts. The post HERE will help you Strengthen… Continue reading Women Who Dared — Review and Giveaway
Wicked Bugs — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”~ Bertold Brecht ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Literary agent Rachel Stout has a great guest post HERE on Nathan Branford’s blog about how to personalize a query. This is an important post. Stuart Horowitz wrote a guest… Continue reading Wicked Bugs — Review and Giveaway
Innocent Heroes — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.” ~ Stephen King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have a writing acquaintance who announced one day, “If you don’t write every single day, you are not really a writer.” I don’t write every day, and that really put me off. It’s good to… Continue reading Innocent Heroes — Review and Giveaway
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"What separates the talented individual from the successful oneis a lot of hard work." ~ Stephen King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Are you ready to start an agent search? Nathan Branford has a TERRIFIC post HERE to help you land the right agent for you. Greg Pattridge at Always in the Middle recently completed… Continue reading Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package — Review and Giveaway
Reformed — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” ~ Robert Frost ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Randy Ingermanson can help you understand how to start and end a scene HERE. Donna Galanti wrote a gust post HERE on Writers in the Storm about how… Continue reading Reformed — Review and Giveaway
Time Jump Coins — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“You are never too old to set another goal or todream a new dream.” ~ C. S. Lewis ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jenni Enzor has a great post HERE on extending your thinking on research, part of her Insecure Writer’s Support Group series. Check it out! Susannah Leonard Hill teaches picture book classes and… Continue reading Time Jump Coins — Review and Giveaway
Black Ships Before Troy — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Kathy Temean at Writing and Illustrating always has such interesting posts. The one HERE will be particularly helpful as you write the dreaded synopsis. We always hear so much about the importance… Continue reading Black Ships Before Troy — Review and Giveaway
Mango Delight — Review and 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.”~ Herman Cain ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Editing? Aren’t we all always? HERE are 25 Editing Tips for Tightening Your Copy. Anne R. Allen’s blog has a post HERE that… Continue reading Mango Delight — Review and Giveaway
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