Thought for the Day:“You have to write at least a hundred pages of crap before yourwriting starts getting good. So you may as well start now.”Joe HaldemanGifts for My Writer Friends:A couple years ago, a writer friend mentioned he had decided to enter contests. He thought his work was good enough to garner some notice.… Continue reading The Poet’s Dog — Review and Giveaway
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All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” ~ Orson Scott Card ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:At our critique group meeting recently, we talked a lot about authentic dialogue. Word choice is so important. What I… Continue reading All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook — Review and Giveaway
Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”~ Phillip Roth ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have mentioned before that I receive an email each day from "TUT, The Universe." They are uplifting and fun and once in awhile, so pertinent to what we as writers do, that I just have to pass… Continue reading Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom — Review and Giveaway
Still a Work in Progress — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.” ~ Robert De Niro~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have long been a fan of fractured fairy tales. HERE is a terrific post… Continue reading Still a Work in Progress — Review and Giveaway
The Slowest Book Ever — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." ~ Ray Bradbury ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I don’t know if you receive message from the Universe each day in your email, but I do. Sometimes they are the perfect kick-in-the-pants… Continue reading The Slowest Book Ever — Review and Giveaway
Unbound — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.” ~ J.B. Priestley, author ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends:The Group Blog has a good post HERE with great reminders about Active vs. Passive sentences. Making the change can help get rid of extra words. Just sayin’. Alex Limberg did a guest post… Continue reading Unbound — Review and Giveaway
The Thing About Leftovers — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“I like to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.” ~ Stephen King ~`Gifts for My Writer Friends:HERE you will find a character name generator. This could save a lot of time. Writers Helping Writers has a terrific post HERE on finding story holes. Check it out. Sandra Havriluk has a… Continue reading The Thing About Leftovers — Review and Giveaway
Ida B — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tellmyself that I’m going to do my five or ten pages no matter what, and thatI can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I’ll have lostnothing — writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no… Continue reading Ida B — Review and Giveaway
Mayday — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.”~ Boris Pasternak ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Maybe the best two minutes you will spend this month can be found HERE. Anne R. Allen’s Blog has a must-read post that is full of links to help… Continue reading Mayday — Review and Giveaway
Aim — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to myliterary thinking all my life.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Angela Ackerman has a good one HERE called Let’s Get Sensory: Powering Scenes Using the 5 Senses. Dr. John Yeoman has a fun and useful post HERE called How… Continue reading Aim — Review and Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 