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My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!) — Review and Giveaway

Thought for the Day: “The trick is to pay attention to what you wrote – not whatyou THOUGHT you wrote.”~ David Lubar on fixing mistakes ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Janice Hardy again has a very useful post over at Fiction University. This one is on working with multiple point of view characters. Click… Continue reading My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!) — Review and Giveaway

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Fatal Fever — Review and Giveaway

Thought for the Day: “If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.”~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Sometimes I think I should just start a blog that does nothing but link to Janice Hardy’s… Continue reading Fatal Fever — Review and Giveaway

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I Am Here to Help — Last-Minute Shopping Suggestions

Thought for the day: “I see small orbs of light, spaced like night lights in dark hallways.  I see forks in the road, in the form of distractions and small ideas.  Too much plotting, too much worry.  Does a caterpillar plot and worry its way into butterfly-hood?  Hell no.   It has things to do, like eat poisonous… Continue reading I Am Here to Help — Last-Minute Shopping Suggestions

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The Amazing Harry Kellar — Review and Giveaway

Thought for the Day:"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."  ~ G. K. Chesterton ~A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will find valuable.Kristen Lamb’s blog is always worth checking out. She is a… Continue reading The Amazing Harry Kellar — Review and Giveaway

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Writer’s Retreat, Book Review, Giveaway, and More

Thought for the day:  The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress." ~Philip Roth~A gift for my writer friends. I have a few links I think are really worth checking out. I’ve been so busy I haven’t been blogging very regularly – summer hours, you know – so I have more than my usual two… Continue reading Writer’s Retreat, Book Review, Giveaway, and More