Thought for the Day: “Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything.If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’twrite stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.”~ Ray Bradbury ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Revision. Revision. Revision. I hate the word, but I know it’s necessary. Janice… Continue reading Junction of Sunshine & Lucky — Review and Giveaway
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Scar Island — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”~ Thomas A. Edison ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jessica Strawser has an interesting post on Writers in the Storm HERE about Acting Out of Character and how that can add interest and… Continue reading Scar Island — Review and Giveaway
Garvey’s Choice — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"A successful book is not made of what is in it, but of what is left out of it” ~ Mark Twain ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Lisa Cron has a brilliant post HERE on backstory. Don’t miss this one.Sarah Albee has a great post HERE that will help you inject humor into your writing… Continue reading Garvey’s Choice — Review and Giveaway
Totally Wacky Facts About History — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Sometimes I feel like I should link every one of Kristen Lamb’s blog posts. Seriously. And she always makes me laugh. Don’t miss the one HERE with six good hints to clean up your own manuscript. We all have… Continue reading Totally Wacky Facts About History — Review and Giveaway
Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.” ~ C. S. Lewis ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have been saving this one for closer to… Continue reading Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles — Review and Giveaway
Clayton Stone, Facing Off — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick; it’s work. … Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned tricycle in the gutter of anabandoned neighborhood can stand for everything.” ~ Stephen King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We all make mistakes, but mistakes in our writing life can be really costly.… Continue reading Clayton Stone, Facing Off — Review and Giveaway
Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax.” ~ Abraham Lincoln ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I get lots of email from Writer’s Digest and now and then they send a link to an interesting post. HERE you will find 5 Helpful Lessons for Writing a… Continue reading Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life — Review and Giveaway
The Best Man — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It's like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and… Continue reading The Best Man — Review and Giveaway
Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived.” ~ Ann Patchett ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jennifer Louden has a good post at Writers in the Storm HERE with 6 Ways to Increase… Continue reading Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters — Review and Giveaway
Jubilee — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“I have written a great many stories and I still don’t know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.” ~ John Steinbeck ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We all get a lot of writing tips. Some are great and helpful, some — not so much. Anne R. Allen has… Continue reading Jubilee — Review and Giveaway
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