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, actor ~Gifts for My Writer FriendsThe Writer’s Circle post on useless words is a really good one. The word THAT is one we… Continue reading Juba! A Novel by Walter Dean Myers — Review and Giveaway
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The Looney Experiment — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“I have often thought that this [East of Eden] might be my last book.I don't really mean that because I will be writing books until I die. ButI want to write this one as though it were my last book. MaybeI believe that every book should be written that way.” ~ John… Continue reading The Looney Experiment — Review and Giveaway
Watch Out for Flying Kids — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow." ~ Louis L’Amour ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:The Write Practice has an interesting post on Point of View. Most writers know a lot of what’s HERE, but there are some new things. Writers Helping Writers… Continue reading Watch Out for Flying Kids — Review and Giveaway
The Safest Lie — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"You can fix anything but a blank page." ~ Nora Roberts ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:I have been saving this one for quite awhile. So just in time for Halloween writing: Adventures in YA Publishing has a great post up called How to Write Scary by Gretchen McNeil. I know I would like to… Continue reading The Safest Lie — Review and Giveaway
Water Runs Through This Book — Review and TRIPLE Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:GREAT post on commas HERE. The comma is the most misused punctuation in America. Anne R. Allen has some fun Tips for… Continue reading Water Runs Through This Book — Review and TRIPLE Giveaway
Out at Home — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost without question, anything you present them with, as long as it is… Continue reading Out at Home — Review and Giveaway
Ruby on the Outside — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“First I got really grumpy, and then got very determined to write things that were so good that not even the stupidest most irritating gatekeeper alive could reject them.” ~ Neil Gaiman on rejection ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:The Editor’s Blog has a great post HERE on compound words. This is not to be missed. Augusta… Continue reading Ruby on the Outside — Review and Giveaway
Blue Birds — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things.” ~ Thomas Hardy ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Adventures in YA Publishing has a terrific post HERE on making any scene more interesting. Check it out. K.M. Weiland has a terrific post… Continue reading Blue Birds — Review and Giveaway
Ranger in Time:Danger in Ancient Rome — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know ten dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.” ~ Ernest Hemingway ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:The Editor’s Blog has a… Continue reading Ranger in Time:Danger in Ancient Rome — Review and Giveaway
The Tapper Twins Go to War (with each other) — Review and 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.” ~ Philip Pullman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I know some of you write picture books or want to. I have several PB manuscripts I’m working on in addition to… Continue reading The Tapper Twins Go to War (with each other) — Review and Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 