Thought for the Day:“What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.”~ Holly Goldberg Sloan ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Tired of your characters all sounding alike. Kathy Temean at Writing and Illustrating has a good post HERE on giving your characters unique voices.Angela Ackerman did a great gust post HERE on 5… Continue reading Counting by 7s — Review and Giveaway
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Wolf Hollow — a Review
Thought for the Day:“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate thebeautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.”~ T.S. Eliot ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield has a really interesting post HERE about writing out of sequence. I never would have thought of doing this, but now maybe I… Continue reading Wolf Hollow — a Review
Maybe a Fox — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write.Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad. Write yourself blind. Trust the excitement that buildswithin you when the idea is good and the writing is superb. You can do it, but that's the hell of it as well as… Continue reading Maybe a Fox — Review and Giveaway
The Sleepover — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."~ Raymond Chandler ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Sue Colletta wrote a very useful post on The Wicked Writing Blog HERE that has 10 ways to keep readers enthralled. I saw myself in this post by Janice Hardy on Fiction… Continue reading The Sleepover — Review and Giveaway
Sweet Home Alaska — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Patience is also a form of action.” ~ Auguste Rodin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends:Rejections got you down? Maybe you shouldn’t let it get to you so much. Find out HERE why. Keeping your characters in character is pretty darned important. HERE at Through the Tollbooth, Catherine Linka gives us some pretty darned good… Continue reading Sweet Home Alaska — Review and Giveaway
A Weird and Wild Beauty — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”~ E.L. Doctorow ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Greg Pattridge has come up with a good method HERE to avoid slowing your story down with too much back story. Overused words? Erika… Continue reading A Weird and Wild Beauty — Review and Giveaway
Cici Reno — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells usthe truth about its author.”~ G. K. Chesterton ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield has a good post HERE on the difference between subject and theme. I wish I had had this when I was still teaching.… Continue reading Cici Reno — Review and Giveaway
To Stay Alive — Book Review
Thought for the Day:"Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it,that we develop our own style."~ P. D. James ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy always has something great to help us. The post HERE on Endings is no exception. Bobbi Miller wrote a wonderful post on the… Continue reading To Stay Alive — Book Review
Applesauce Weather — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"So you're taking a few blows. That's the price for being in the arenaand not on the sidelines." ~ The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy again. This time she discusses Story Questions and it’s a good one. Click HERE to read it. Anything to make our characters… Continue reading Applesauce Weather — Review and Giveaway
The Adventures of Hamish and Mirren — Review
Thought for the Day:“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplanetakes off against the wind, not with it.” ~ Henry Ford ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:This is such an important post on point of view. Janice Hardy at Fiction University discusses the significance of prior knowledge HERE as it relates to point… Continue reading The Adventures of Hamish and Mirren — Review
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