Thought for the Day: “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought andthe thought has found words.” ~Robert Frost~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Showing vs. Telling is always something to watch for in your writing. Janice Hardy has another great post HERE on that topic with links to more great posts. It will take a bit of… Continue reading Special Edition — Picture books
Category: Elizabeth Varadan
Anyone but Ivy Pocket — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Forget about inspiration. You won’t get anything done sitting around waiting for it to strike. Creativity is work. It requires discipline, tenacity, undeviating routine, and the total investment of both body and mind.”~ Twyla Tharp ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Guardian has a fun article HERE on the Top… Continue reading Anyone but Ivy Pocket — Review and Giveaway
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
Nanny X — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right thefirst time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better,find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile."~ Robert Cormier ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: If you are writing historical fiction, the Writer’s… Continue reading Nanny X — Review and Giveaway
Guilty? Crime, Punishment and the Changing Face of Justice — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.” ~Herman Melville ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writer’s Digest is starting off the New Year with 50 Articles on Writing to Help You in 2015. Something for everyone HERE. Janice Hardy at Fiction University starts the New Year HERE with a… Continue reading Guilty? Crime, Punishment and the Changing Face of Justice — Review and Giveaway
Review of Orphan Train and a Double Giveaway of Tween Books
Thought for the Day: "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." ~Stephen King~A Gift for My Writer Friends: Here are some links to articles and posts I think you will find valuable. Kristin Lamb had two terrific posts this week on creating… Continue reading Review of Orphan Train and a Double Giveaway of Tween Books
Take Care of Yourself – You’re All You’ve Got
Thought for the day: “The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” ~John Steinbeck~ A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will find valuable.A… Continue reading Take Care of Yourself – You’re All You’ve Got
Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards — A Review
My friend Mitty – AKA Elizabeth Varadan of The Fourth Wish blog – wrote a review for the Sacramento Book Review of Three Rivers Rising: a Novel of the Johnstown Flood by Jame Richards. First, I must admit I have a kind of voyeuristic fascination with disasters. Secondly, I love historical fiction. Thirdly, if Mitty… Continue reading Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards — A Review
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