Thought for the Day:“Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.” ~ Brenda Ueland ~Gifts for My Writer… Continue reading Ashes to Asheville — Review and Giveaway
Category: Children’s Writing
Jabber-Walking — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” ~ Henry Ford ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield always has something important to say. The post HERE on resistance is no exception. I recently came through the mother of all writer blocks, and I have a critique partner who has been having… Continue reading Jabber-Walking — Review and Giveaway
Welcome to Wonderland Home Sweet Motel — 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:Gail Radley’s article HERE in The Writer Magazine on getting rid of the “be” verb from your writing. Worth a look. Michael Mazza writes a guest post HERE for Writer’s Digest that can help… Continue reading Welcome to Wonderland Home Sweet Motel — Review and Giveaway
Caleb’s Lighthouse & They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School — Double Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate patience.”~ Hal Borland ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Here’s another old one I found in my email, but it’s terrific. I don’t know of any one-character books, although Hatchet by Gary Paulsen comes close. For the rest of us, we need… Continue reading Caleb’s Lighthouse & They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School — Double Review and Giveaway
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”~ Thomas A. Edison ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:M. L. Keller has a terrific post HERE on Authorial Intrusion. This is something we all do now and again. It can be effective if done right, but one… Continue reading A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting — Review & Giveaway
Brave Red, Smart Frog — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat.This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little likemurdering children, but it must be done." ~ Stephen King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We are lucky… Continue reading Brave Red, Smart Frog — Review and Giveaway
My Weird School Fast Facts Explorers, Presidents, and Toilets — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Somebody asked me: 'What do you do? How do you write, create?' You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: 'not' to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait… Continue reading My Weird School Fast Facts Explorers, Presidents, and Toilets — Review & Giveaway
Mrs. Master is a Disaster — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move.” ~ Edgar Cayce ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Have you ever heard of the First Person Plural point of view? I never had until I read the essay HERE from Aerogramme Writer’s Studio. Fascinating. I suspect we will be… Continue reading Mrs. Master is a Disaster — Review and Giveaway
Women Who Dared — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” ~ Michael Phelps ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jane Friedman has a wonderful post HERE on How to Immediately Improve Your Query Letter’s Effectiveness. Adventures in YA Publishing has some good, instructive posts. The post HERE will help you Strengthen… Continue reading Women Who Dared — Review and Giveaway
Wicked Bugs — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”~ Bertold Brecht ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Literary agent Rachel Stout has a great guest post HERE on Nathan Branford’s blog about how to personalize a query. This is an important post. Stuart Horowitz wrote a guest… Continue reading Wicked Bugs — Review and Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 