Thought for the Day: “Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.”~ Sophia Loren ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Editor reminds us HERE that our characters do not live in a vacuum. Not only does nature abhor a vacuum, but our readers do as well. Read this one. Such… Continue reading The Secret at Haney Field — Review and Giveaway
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Say It Ain’t So by Josh Berk — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered you will never grow." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Janice Hardy’s Fiction University has an interesting post called Why Should Anyone Help Your Protagonist. This will give you much to ponder. Click HERE to read it. The Editor’s Blog… Continue reading Say It Ain’t So by Josh Berk — Review and Giveaway
Sniffer Dogs by Nancy Castaldo — Review, Interview, & Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Good observers have the manners of trees and animals, and if they add words, it is only when words are better than silence. But a vain talker profanes the river and the forest, and is nothing like so good company as a dog.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writers Helping… Continue reading Sniffer Dogs by Nancy Castaldo — Review, Interview, & Giveaway
Goldie Takes a Stand by Barbara Krasner — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader." ~ Robert Frost ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Editor’s Blog has a terrific post that will answer a LOT of questions about quotations and italics usage. Click HERE. Since marketing is increasingly becoming the purview of authors, HERE is… Continue reading Goldie Takes a Stand by Barbara Krasner — Review & Giveaway
The Other Half of My Heart — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Fiction University has a great post on character development you can find HERE. The ladies at Writers Helping Writers have a fantastic post on how to have your characters show what… Continue reading The Other Half of My Heart — Review and Giveaway
Cousins and Robbers — A Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as afriend to be silly with.” ~ Robert Brault ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Editor’s Blog has a terrific post you can find HERE that covers habits, motions, and common actions of fictional characters. This is a good one. Find… Continue reading Cousins and Robbers — A Review and Giveaway
Bird by Crystal Chan — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely moreexciting than being Alice.” ~ Joyce Carol Oates ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Click HERE to find some good ideas for critiquing. HEREis a great list of tips for editing and proofing. If you click HERE you will find a good list… Continue reading Bird by Crystal Chan — Review and Giveaway
A Bird on Water Street — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.” ~ Raymond Carver ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Editor has a great post on how to get your manuscript squeaky clean before you send it out. Click HERE to read it. Good post HERE on How… Continue reading A Bird on Water Street — Review and Giveaway
The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. . . . There… Continue reading The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez — Review and Giveaway
Fake ID — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "I write when I'm inspired and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning." ~ Peter de Vries ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Rick Riordan wrote a terrific post on getting published. You can find it HERE. Have you ever wondered about what makes great writing? You might… Continue reading Fake ID — Review and Giveaway
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