Thought for the Day: "Formats and approaches and publishers' wants are constantlychanging. STORY stays as the one great constant. The challenge isto find the way to tell your story in a way that is true to it ANDthat works for the market of the day."~ Harold Underdown ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends:Anne Greenwood Brown… Continue reading All We Left Behind: Virginia Reed and the Donner Party – Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview
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Anyone but Ivy Pocket — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Forget about inspiration. You won’t get anything done sitting around waiting for it to strike. Creativity is work. It requires discipline, tenacity, undeviating routine, and the total investment of both body and mind.”~ Twyla Tharp ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Guardian has a fun article HERE on the Top… Continue reading Anyone but Ivy Pocket — Review and Giveaway
Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls — Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview
Thought for the Day: “Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you’re doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory and remind yourself the sky didn’t fall in the last time you wrote. Writing is a question of overcoming your fears—and everybody has them.” ~ William Zinsser ~Gifts for… Continue reading Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls — Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview
Squeeze Play — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I just give myself permission to suck. I delete about 90 percent of my first drafts … so it doesn’t really matter much if on a particular day I write beautiful and brilliant prose that will stick in the minds of my readers forever, because there’s a 90 percent chance I’m… Continue reading Squeeze Play — Review and Giveaway
The Perfect Place — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Remember, the villain is always the hero in his own story. Wanting to‘rule the world’ just to ‘rule the world’ is for cartoons.”~ Kristen Lamb ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: This isn’t the sort of thing I usually link, but I found a great site for people concerned about helping kids… Continue reading The Perfect Place — Review and Giveaway
Cody and the Fountain of Happiness — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “So the writer who breedsmore words than he needsis making a chore for the reader who reads.”~ Dr. Seuss ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Kristen Lamb has a terrific post HERE about the importance of well-rounded villains. Writer’s Village has an interesting post HERE with tips for sneaking in information and… Continue reading Cody and the Fountain of Happiness — Review and Giveaway
Finding the Worm — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: ''I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.''~ Emily Dickinson ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: HEREis an interesting listing of Top Editing and Proofreading Tools for Creative Writers. Kathy Temean through… Continue reading Finding the Worm — Review and Giveaway
Watch the Sky — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been able to talk about. Be willing to be split open.” ~ Natalie Goldberg ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Does Janice Hardy ever run out of wonderful ideas for writers to strengthen their works? I think not. HERE is a… Continue reading Watch the Sky — Review and Giveaway
Like a River: A Civil War Novel — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Anyone who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour,before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities,to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.”~ H.W. Fowler, lexicographer ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Working on non-fiction or historical fiction? Kathy Temean has a great post by Erika… Continue reading Like a River: A Civil War Novel — Review and Giveaway
The Way to Stay in Destiny — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”~ Vladimir Nabokov ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Fiction University is always worth a look, but some posts are absolutely not to be missed. Janice Hardy… Continue reading The Way to Stay in Destiny — Review and Giveaway
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