Thought for the Day:"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."~ Raymond Chandler ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Sue Colletta wrote a very useful post on The Wicked Writing Blog HERE that has 10 ways to keep readers enthralled. I saw myself in this post by Janice Hardy on Fiction… Continue reading The Sleepover — Review and Giveaway
Category: San Francisco Book Review
A Weird and Wild Beauty — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”~ E.L. Doctorow ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Greg Pattridge has come up with a good method HERE to avoid slowing your story down with too much back story. Overused words? Erika… Continue reading A Weird and Wild Beauty — Review and Giveaway
The Terrible Two Get Worse — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half theirgreatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” ~ Peter S. Beagley ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Ruth Harris did a post on Anne R. Allen’s blog that is one of the richest posts HERE for writers I’ve ever seen. It is… Continue reading The Terrible Two Get Worse — Review and Giveaway
Orbiting Jupiter — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have… Continue reading Orbiting Jupiter — Review and Giveaway
My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Nurture yourself. Read a great book. Sit in the back yard for tenminutes and listen to all the sounds. What rests you? A rested writercan tackle any problem, including schedules!"~ Joan Broerman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Every now and then I get a post from Writer’s Village that is pretty helpful. The guest… Continue reading My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” ~ Mark Twain ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:You never know what you will find on writing blogs. I have a LOT of trouble sleeping — getting to sleep, staying asleep, getting back to sleep if I wake up in… Continue reading The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Ruby Lee and Me — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”~ Jack Kerouac ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:K. M. Weiland has a very good post HERE on avoiding the deadly anticlimactic ending. Check it out. Janice Hardy will help you avoid too much backstory with her post HERE. Kim van Alkemade has… Continue reading Ruby Lee and Me — Review and Giveaway
Mister Max: The Book of Kings — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Almost anything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Even you.” ~ Annie Lamott ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Stephanie Gayle did an interesting guest post on The Writer’s Dig that outlines seven fatal flaws that will tell you your novel isn’t ready to submit. You can find it HERE. Number… Continue reading Mister Max: The Book of Kings — Review and Giveaway
Lincoln’s Spymaster — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."~ Nelson Mandela ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Beth Stilborn at By Word of Beth has a great post with lots of terrific links all about character names and… Continue reading Lincoln’s Spymaster — Review and Giveaway
Connect the Stars — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”~ Earl Nightingale ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Erika Wassall has written a great post on… Continue reading Connect the Stars — Review and Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 