Thought for the Day:“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” ~ Paul Theroux ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Getting the details right is so important. HERE are some good resources and tips from Marianne Knowles at Writers’ Rumpus to help you out. Janice Hardy always has important posts. This is no exception. HERE she… Continue reading A Visit from Shannon Wiersbitzky
Category: Middle Grade Books
Whistling Past the Graveyard and Princess Academy – two reviews and one giveaway
Thought for the Day:"There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book." ~Phillip Pullman~Some Gifts for My Writer Friends: Click HERE for an excellent blog about tools for writers.Who would you rather have ten writing tips from than Joyce Carol Oates? Click… Continue reading Whistling Past the Graveyard and Princess Academy – two reviews and one giveaway
The Boxcar Children Beginning — Review and a Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;… Continue reading The Boxcar Children Beginning — Review and a Giveaway
The Year the Swallows Came Early — A Review and Giveaway
Thought for the day:"Writing a first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop. You can't--and, in fact, you're not supposed to--know exactly what the picture is going to look like until it has finished developing." ~ Anne Lamott ~A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will… Continue reading The Year the Swallows Came Early — A Review and Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 