Thought for the Day:"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"– Anne LamottGifts for My Writer Friends:In honor of the great David Bowie who, it turns out, was quite a reader, HERE is the list of his 100 favorite books. What an extraordinary… Continue reading My Teacher is an Idiom — Review and Giveaway
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The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” ~ Mark Twain ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:You never know what you will find on writing blogs. I have a LOT of trouble sleeping — getting to sleep, staying asleep, getting back to sleep if I wake up in… Continue reading The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Lost in the Sun — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” ~ William Faulkner ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy has a guest post by James Tuck on her Fiction University blog HERE that will give you tips… Continue reading Lost in the Sun — Review and Giveaway
Ruby Lee and Me — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”~ Jack Kerouac ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:K. M. Weiland has a very good post HERE on avoiding the deadly anticlimactic ending. Check it out. Janice Hardy will help you avoid too much backstory with her post HERE. Kim van Alkemade has… Continue reading Ruby Lee and Me — Review and Giveaway
Big Top Burning — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life." ~ Ray Bradbury ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We can all learn from the masters. HERE is a list… Continue reading Big Top Burning — Review and Giveaway
Mister Max: The Book of Kings — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Almost anything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Even you.” ~ Annie Lamott ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Stephanie Gayle did an interesting guest post on The Writer’s Dig that outlines seven fatal flaws that will tell you your novel isn’t ready to submit. You can find it HERE. Number… Continue reading Mister Max: The Book of Kings — Review and Giveaway
The Disappearance of Emily H. — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very;’ otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”-C.S. LewisGifts for My Writer Friends:Feeling a little delusional about your writing? Maybe we all are a little delusional about our work. Anne… Continue reading The Disappearance of Emily H. — Review and Giveaway
Lincoln’s Spymaster — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."~ Nelson Mandela ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Beth Stilborn at By Word of Beth has a great post with lots of terrific links all about character names and… Continue reading Lincoln’s Spymaster — Review and Giveaway
Halloweensie Special Edition
This is a special edition of The Write Stuff. Every year, writer and teacher Susanna Leonard Hill runs a Halloween writing contest on her blog, and every year I mean to enter but never seem to get my little story done on time. She calls the contest the Halloweensie Contest "because it's not very long… Continue reading Halloweensie Special Edition
Connect the Stars — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”~ Earl Nightingale ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Erika Wassall has written a great post on… Continue reading Connect the Stars — Review and Giveaway
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