Thought for the Day:“The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things.” ~ Thomas Hardy ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Adventures in YA Publishing has a terrific post HERE on making any scene more interesting. Check it out. K.M. Weiland has a terrific post… Continue reading Blue Birds — Review and Giveaway
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Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls — Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview
Thought for the Day: “Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you’re doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory and remind yourself the sky didn’t fall in the last time you wrote. Writing is a question of overcoming your fears—and everybody has them.” ~ William Zinsser ~Gifts for… Continue reading Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls — Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview
Squeeze Play — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I just give myself permission to suck. I delete about 90 percent of my first drafts … so it doesn’t really matter much if on a particular day I write beautiful and brilliant prose that will stick in the minds of my readers forever, because there’s a 90 percent chance I’m… Continue reading Squeeze Play — Review and Giveaway