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Anna Olswanger, Below, book review, Dead River, Greenhorn

Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger — A Review and Giveaway

Thought for the Day: “You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.”  ~James M. Barrie~Some Gifts for My Writer Friends:Here are some links I've run across recently that I think you will enjoy. So, enjoy! This is… Continue reading Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger — A Review and Giveaway

Baseball, Below, book review, Cyn Balog, Dead River, Diary of Minnie Bonner, Dirndl, Margaret Wise Brown, Meg McKinlay, That Time I Joined the Circus

Below by Meg McKinlay — A Review and Double Giveaway

Thought for the day: "When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." ~ Rumi~A Gift for My Writer Friends:These are very useful or interesting articles or posts I've found recently. I hope you enjoy them.   I can’t lie to you, sometimes I really have a hard… Continue reading Below by Meg McKinlay — A Review and Double Giveaway

Book Reviews, Chronicles of Egg, Diary of Minnie Bonner, New Lands, Sacramento Book Review, That Time I Joined the Circus

Double Giveaway — The Diary of Minnie Bonner and That Time I Joined the Circus

Thought for the Day:"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." ~Ernest Hemingway~Some Gifts for My Writer Friends:Here are some links I think you will find valuable.Click HERE for a terrific post on creating maximum conflict in your fiction.If you are searching for an agent, click HERE… Continue reading Double Giveaway — The Diary of Minnie Bonner and That Time I Joined the Circus

book review, Deadweather and Sunrise, Geoff Rodkey, New Lands

New Lands Review and Giveway (even for my Canadian readers!!)

Thought for the Day: “Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.” ~Franklin P. Jones~Here are some links for my writer friends. I hope you find these valuable. Click HERE for a good post with some plot generators. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are really good. It also… Continue reading New Lands Review and Giveway (even for my Canadian readers!!)

book review, Christina Baker Kline, Elizabeth Varadan, Martina Boone, On the Run, Orphan Train, The Truth of Me, The Wrigley Riddle

Review of Orphan Train and a Double Giveaway of Tween Books

 Thought for the Day: "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." ~Stephen King~A Gift for My Writer Friends: Here are some links to articles and posts I think you will find valuable. Kristin Lamb had two terrific posts this week on creating… Continue reading Review of Orphan Train and a Double Giveaway of Tween Books

Barbara Abercrombie, Book Giveaway, book review, Patricia MacLachen, The Truth of Me

Double Giveaway — The Truth of Me and Kicking In the Wall

Thought for the Day:Writing is like giving yourself homework, really hard homework, every day for the rest of your life. You want glamorous? Throw glitter at the computer screen.~Ketrina Monroe~A Gift for My Writer Friends:For a real horror storyabout agents and self-publishing, click HERE.Click HERE for a terrific post on Chapters.You can read a really… Continue reading Double Giveaway — The Truth of Me and Kicking In the Wall

book review, Carol Federlin Baldwin, Chris Woodworth, Gingersnap, Ivy in the Shadows, MMGM, Road Trip, Shannon Messenger, Writing Dialogue

Ivy in the Shadows by Chris Woodworth — A Review and Giveaway

Thought for the Day:“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you… Continue reading Ivy in the Shadows by Chris Woodworth — A Review and Giveaway

Albert Schweitzer, Gary Paulsen, Gingersnap, Jim Paulsen, Kelly Milner Halls, Patricia Reilly Giff, Road Trip, Sacramento Book Review, SCBWI, Writing Dialog, Writing Dialogue

DOUBLE Giveaway — Gingersnap and Road Trip

Thought for the Day:“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ~Albert Schweitzer~This week I have four links for you that all have to do with… Continue reading DOUBLE Giveaway — Gingersnap and Road Trip

Ann Ingalls, Barbara Krasner, Highlights Founders Workshops, Maryann MacDonald, Odette's Secrets, Sacramento Book Review, The Little Piano Girl, The Treekeepers, The Whole Megillah

A Review of Odette’s Secret and a Surprise Giveaway

Thought for the Day:“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” ~Linus Pauling~Here are some links that I think you will find valuable:For a good article on creating emotional frustration with GREAT examples and good exercises, click HERE.  Want to know how to develop any idea in to a great… Continue reading A Review of Odette’s Secret and a Surprise Giveaway

book review, Deadweather and Sunrise, Susan McGee Britton, The Treekeepers

The Treekeepers — A Review and Giveaway

Thought for the day: “There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.”  ~M. Proust~A gift for my writer friends:  Here are some links I think you will find valuable – three great ones this week. If you want to know how to avoid automatic rejection… Continue reading The Treekeepers — A Review and Giveaway