Thought for the Day:“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells usthe truth about its author.”~ G. K. Chesterton ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield has a good post HERE on the difference between subject and theme. I wish I had had this when I was still teaching.… Continue reading Cici Reno — Review and Giveaway
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A Short Hiatus
I will be gone a little longer from blogging. My sweet husband came home from the hospital a week ago after six weeks. Our insurance provider immediately opened hospice. We will have a far too short time with Dave. My family is here surrounding him and me with support and love. I will be back… Continue reading A Short Hiatus
To Stay Alive — Book Review
Thought for the Day:"Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it,that we develop our own style."~ P. D. James ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy always has something great to help us. The post HERE on Endings is no exception. Bobbi Miller wrote a wonderful post on the… Continue reading To Stay Alive — Book Review
Applesauce Weather — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"So you're taking a few blows. That's the price for being in the arenaand not on the sidelines." ~ The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy again. This time she discusses Story Questions and it’s a good one. Click HERE to read it. Anything to make our characters… Continue reading Applesauce Weather — Review and Giveaway
The Adventures of Hamish and Mirren — Review
Thought for the Day:“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplanetakes off against the wind, not with it.” ~ Henry Ford ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:This is such an important post on point of view. Janice Hardy at Fiction University discusses the significance of prior knowledge HERE as it relates to point… Continue reading The Adventures of Hamish and Mirren — Review
The Terrible Two Get Worse — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half theirgreatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” ~ Peter S. Beagley ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Ruth Harris did a post on Anne R. Allen’s blog that is one of the richest posts HERE for writers I’ve ever seen. It is… Continue reading The Terrible Two Get Worse — Review and Giveaway
Avenging the Owl — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Maybe you’ve made something mediocre–there’s plenty of that in any artist’s cabinets–but something mediocre is better than nothing, and often the near-misses, as I call them, are the beckoning hands that bring you to perfection just around the blind corner.” ~ Sally Mann, Photographer ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Alex Limberg did a guest post on… Continue reading Avenging the Owl — Review and Giveaway
Orbiting Jupiter — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have… Continue reading Orbiting Jupiter — Review and Giveaway
Nanny X Returns — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls.” ~ Walt Whitman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield has some great stuff on his blog. HERE, HERE, and HERE you will find a three-part series on making your hero… Continue reading Nanny X Returns — Review and Giveaway
My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Nurture yourself. Read a great book. Sit in the back yard for tenminutes and listen to all the sounds. What rests you? A rested writercan tackle any problem, including schedules!"~ Joan Broerman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Every now and then I get a post from Writer’s Village that is pretty helpful. The guest… Continue reading My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
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