Thought for the Day:“Don't get it right, get it written.” ~ Ally Carter ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:While the post HERE I found in Gotham Writers Newsletter focuses on writing mysteries, it has a great lesson an openings that will grab readers. Don’t miss this one. When you are feeling stuck, maybe a writing prompt will help.… Continue reading Duck and Cover — Review and Giveaway
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Totally Wacky Facts About History — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Sometimes I feel like I should link every one of Kristen Lamb’s blog posts. Seriously. And she always makes me laugh. Don’t miss the one HERE with six good hints to clean up your own manuscript. We all have… Continue reading Totally Wacky Facts About History — Review and Giveaway
Clayton Stone, Facing Off — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick; it’s work. … Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned tricycle in the gutter of anabandoned neighborhood can stand for everything.” ~ Stephen King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We all make mistakes, but mistakes in our writing life can be really costly.… Continue reading Clayton Stone, Facing Off — Review and Giveaway
Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax.” ~ Abraham Lincoln ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I get lots of email from Writer’s Digest and now and then they send a link to an interesting post. HERE you will find 5 Helpful Lessons for Writing a… Continue reading Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life — Review and Giveaway
The Best Man — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It's like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and… Continue reading The Best Man — Review and Giveaway
Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived.” ~ Ann Patchett ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Jennifer Louden has a good post at Writers in the Storm HERE with 6 Ways to Increase… Continue reading Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters — Review and Giveaway
Jubilee — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“I have written a great many stories and I still don’t know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.” ~ John Steinbeck ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We all get a lot of writing tips. Some are great and helpful, some — not so much. Anne R. Allen has… Continue reading Jubilee — Review and Giveaway
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” ~ Orson Scott Card ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:At our critique group meeting recently, we talked a lot about authentic dialogue. Word choice is so important. What I… Continue reading All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook — Review and Giveaway
Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”~ Phillip Roth ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have mentioned before that I receive an email each day from "TUT, The Universe." They are uplifting and fun and once in awhile, so pertinent to what we as writers do, that I just have to pass… Continue reading Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom — Review and Giveaway
Still a Work in Progress — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.” ~ Robert De Niro~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have long been a fan of fractured fairy tales. HERE is a terrific post… Continue reading Still a Work in Progress — Review and Giveaway
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