Thought for the Day:"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts.You need to start somewhere." ~ Anne Lamott ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Flashbacks are tricky, but sometimes they are necessary. HERE Randy Ingermanson has a good post on just that topic. Anne R. Allen offers fixes for plot holes in your manuscript HERE. My favorite section… Continue reading Wed Rabbit — Review and Giveaway
Category: Manhattan Book Review
Saturdays with Hitchcock — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat,determination and hard work.”~ Colin Powell ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:First I want to mention Jess Carroll to you. Jess has the most awesome service for those who write picture books, especially rhyming ones. Her critiques are AMAZING! And she will soon be… Continue reading Saturdays with Hitchcock — Review and Giveaway
The Theory of Hummingbirds — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”~ Pele ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:We all want to create anticipation in our stories. HERE is a really good post on doing that. It also has… Continue reading The Theory of Hummingbirds — 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
Innocent Heroes — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.” ~ Stephen King ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have a writing acquaintance who announced one day, “If you don’t write every single day, you are not really a writer.” I don’t write every day, and that really put me off. It’s good to… Continue reading Innocent Heroes — Review and Giveaway
Big and Little Questions (According to Wren Jo Byrd) — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:”Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do---the actual act of writing -- turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really… Continue reading Big and Little Questions (According to Wren Jo Byrd) — Review and Giveaway
Ronit & Jamil — a Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”~ Zig Ziglar ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy again with a great revision trick HERE about getting rid of passive voice. I received an email from Alex at Ride the Pen with a link to this absolutely… Continue reading Ronit & Jamil — a 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
Last Minute Shopping List
Thought for the Day:"Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’tedit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow yourmost intense obsessions mercilessly." ~ Franz Kafka ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Janice Hardy did a guest post HERE on The Seekers blog that is soooooo good. I especially like the section… Continue reading Last Minute Shopping List
The Adventures of Hamish and Mirren — Review
Thought for the Day:“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplanetakes off against the wind, not with it.” ~ Henry Ford ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:This is such an important post on point of view. Janice Hardy at Fiction University discusses the significance of prior knowledge HERE as it relates to point… Continue reading The Adventures of Hamish and Mirren — Review
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