Thought for the Day:“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax.” ~ Abraham Lincoln ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I get lots of email from Writer’s Digest and now and then they send a link to an interesting post. HERE you will find 5 Helpful Lessons for Writing a… Continue reading Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life — Review and Giveaway
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Thought for the Day:"Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’tedit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow yourmost intense obsessions mercilessly." ~ Franz Kafka ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy did a guest post HERE on The Seekers blog that is soooooo good. I especially like the section… Continue reading Last Minute Shopping List
The Best Man — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It's like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and… Continue reading The Best Man — Review and Giveaway
Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived.” ~ Ann Patchett ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jennifer Louden has a good post at Writers in the Storm HERE with 6 Ways to Increase… Continue reading Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters — Review and Giveaway
Jubilee — Review and 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:We all get a lot of writing tips. Some are great and helpful, some — not so much. Anne R. Allen has… Continue reading Jubilee — Review and Giveaway
The Poet’s Dog — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“You have to write at least a hundred pages of crap before yourwriting starts getting good. So you may as well start now.”Joe HaldemanGifts for My Writer Friends:A couple years ago, a writer friend mentioned he had decided to enter contests. He thought his work was good enough to garner some notice.… Continue reading The Poet’s Dog — Review and Giveaway
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” ~ Orson Scott Card ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:At our critique group meeting recently, we talked a lot about authentic dialogue. Word choice is so important. What I… Continue reading All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook — Review and Giveaway
Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”~ Phillip Roth ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have mentioned before that I receive an email each day from "TUT, The Universe." They are uplifting and fun and once in awhile, so pertinent to what we as writers do, that I just have to pass… Continue reading Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom — Review and Giveaway
Edna in the Desert — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.” ~ George Singleton ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I write some children’s poetry and am always interested in good ideas for that genre. Today’s Little Ditty has a fantastic… Continue reading Edna in the Desert — Review and Giveaway
Still a Work in Progress — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.” ~ Robert De Niro~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have long been a fan of fractured fairy tales. HERE is a terrific post… Continue reading Still a Work in Progress — Review and Giveaway
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