Thought for the Day:“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half theirgreatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” ~ Peter S. Beagley ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Ruth Harris did a post on Anne R. Allen’s blog that is one of the richest posts HERE for writers I’ve ever seen. It is… Continue reading The Terrible Two Get Worse — Review and Giveaway
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Avenging the Owl — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Maybe you’ve made something mediocre–there’s plenty of that in any artist’s cabinets–but something mediocre is better than nothing, and often the near-misses, as I call them, are the beckoning hands that bring you to perfection just around the blind corner.” ~ Sally Mann, Photographer ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Alex Limberg did a guest post on… Continue reading Avenging the Owl — Review and Giveaway
Orbiting Jupiter — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have… Continue reading Orbiting Jupiter — Review and Giveaway
Nanny X Returns — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls.” ~ Walt Whitman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield has some great stuff on his blog. HERE, HERE, and HERE you will find a three-part series on making your hero… Continue reading Nanny X Returns — Review and Giveaway
My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Nurture yourself. Read a great book. Sit in the back yard for tenminutes and listen to all the sounds. What rests you? A rested writercan tackle any problem, including schedules!"~ Joan Broerman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Every now and then I get a post from Writer’s Village that is pretty helpful. The guest… Continue reading My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
My Teacher is an Idiom — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"– Anne LamottGifts for My Writer Friends:In honor of the great David Bowie who, it turns out, was quite a reader, HERE is the list of his 100 favorite books. What an extraordinary… Continue reading My Teacher is an Idiom — Review and Giveaway
The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” ~ Mark Twain ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:You never know what you will find on writing blogs. I have a LOT of trouble sleeping — getting to sleep, staying asleep, getting back to sleep if I wake up in… Continue reading The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Ruby Lee and Me — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”~ Jack Kerouac ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:K. M. Weiland has a very good post HERE on avoiding the deadly anticlimactic ending. Check it out. Janice Hardy will help you avoid too much backstory with her post HERE. Kim van Alkemade has… Continue reading Ruby Lee and Me — Review and Giveaway
Big Top Burning — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life." ~ Ray Bradbury ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We can all learn from the masters. HERE is a list… Continue reading Big Top Burning — Review and Giveaway
Mister Max: The Book of Kings — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Almost anything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Even you.” ~ Annie Lamott ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Stephanie Gayle did an interesting guest post on The Writer’s Dig that outlines seven fatal flaws that will tell you your novel isn’t ready to submit. You can find it HERE. Number… Continue reading Mister Max: The Book of Kings — Review and Giveaway
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