Thought for the Day: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ~ Albert Schweitzer ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I really like the feature Writer’s Digest has now and then showing successful query letters and what about… Continue reading Around the World in 50 Ways – Review & Giveaway
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Last Minute Shopping List
Thought for the Day:"Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’tedit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow yourmost intense obsessions mercilessly." ~ Franz Kafka ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy did a guest post HERE on The Seekers blog that is soooooo good. I especially like the section… Continue reading Last Minute Shopping List
Lost in the Sun — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” ~ William Faulkner ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy has a guest post by James Tuck on her Fiction University blog HERE that will give you tips… Continue reading Lost in the Sun — Review and Giveaway
Ranger in Time:Danger in Ancient Rome — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know ten dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.” ~ Ernest Hemingway ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:The Editor’s Blog has a… Continue reading Ranger in Time:Danger in Ancient Rome — Review and Giveaway
Two Reviews — Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and Coaltown Jesus
Thought for the Day: "You need to believe in the characters whose story you're writing. You need to know them intimately. And you need to show them to your reader."~ Elaine Marie Alphin ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Editor’s Blog has a don’t-miss poster HERE named Don’t Explain, Don’t Explain, Don’t Explain. If you… Continue reading Two Reviews — Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and Coaltown Jesus
Double Review and Giveaway — Leroy Ninker Saddles Up and Family Ties
Thought for the Day: “Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something worth living for.”~ Ray Bradbury ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Pen & Muse… Continue reading Double Review and Giveaway — Leroy Ninker Saddles Up and Family Ties
Orion Poe and the Lost Explorer — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "All writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone." ~ Erica Jong ~ Gifts for My… Continue reading Orion Poe and the Lost Explorer — Review and Giveaway
Last Minute Christmas Shopping Help and a Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~Some Gifts for My Writer Friends: This is a post that really speaks to me and probably will to most writers. Laurie Wagner at 27 Powers Writing True Life is speaking our language HERE. And if you subscribe… Continue reading Last Minute Christmas Shopping Help and a Giveaway
Reviews of Glory Be and Yankee Girl plus a Book Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”~Hans Hofmann, painter~Some Gifts for My Writer Friends: Click HERE for a fun little article telling about odd jobs some great authors had before they got their big breaks. Randy Ingermanson has a terrific post on making… Continue reading Reviews of Glory Be and Yankee Girl plus a Book Giveaway
Review of Rose Under Fire and Giveaway of Never Say Die
Thought for the Day: “What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.” ~Crowfoot, Native American warrior and orator (1821-1890) ~Some Gifts for My Writer… Continue reading Review of Rose Under Fire and Giveaway of Never Say Die
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