Thought for the Day: “Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.”~ Henry Ford~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Wonder why your work was rejected? Anne R. Allen has an entertaining post HERE to answer that question. If you are going to get writing advice, why not get it from one of the most… Continue reading The Scar Boys — Review and Giveaway
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Hero by Sarah Lean — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"To finish is sadness to a writer, a little death. He puts the last worddown and it is done. But it isn't really done. The story goes on andleaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.”~ John Steinbeck ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writer’s Digest has an excellent article… Continue reading Hero by Sarah Lean — Review and Giveaway
Moonpenny Island — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment.”~ Hart Crane ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Revising? Check out the post HERE from Fiction University about slashing word count. Thinking of using song lyrics or a… Continue reading Moonpenny Island — Review and Giveaway
The Terrible Two — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Our advice to an aspiring author today might be to do one of two things: either build a time machine and travel ten years into the past toquery their work -- or self-publish today”.~Hugh Howey and Data GuyGifts for My Writer Friends: Anne R. Allen has a really good post on… Continue reading The Terrible Two — Review and Giveaway
Fish in a Tree — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “The cat sat on the mat is not a story.The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.”~ John le Carré ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Augusta Scattergood has a wonderful guest post HERE on the Nerdy Book Club blog titled Top Ten Things I’ve Learned From Kids About… Continue reading Fish in a Tree — Review and Giveaway
Nanny X — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right thefirst time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better,find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile."~ Robert Cormier ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: If you are writing historical fiction, the Writer’s… Continue reading Nanny X — Review and Giveaway
My Cousin’s Keeper — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“A children’s story which is enjoyed only by children isa bad children’s story.”~ C.S.Lewis ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Aerogramme Writer’s Studio has a post HERE on revision called Polish Your Prose: An Editorial Cheat Sheet. It’s good. Writer’s Digest published a great article by Elizabeth Sims HERE on how to add… Continue reading My Cousin’s Keeper — Review and Giveaway
The Secrets of Tree Taylor — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse… Continue reading The Secrets of Tree Taylor — Review and Giveaway
Guilty? Crime, Punishment and the Changing Face of Justice — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.” ~Herman Melville ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writer’s Digest is starting off the New Year with 50 Articles on Writing to Help You in 2015. Something for everyone HERE. Janice Hardy at Fiction University starts the New Year HERE with a… Continue reading Guilty? Crime, Punishment and the Changing Face of Justice — Review and Giveaway
Last Minute Shopping Tips and a Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ~ Oscar Wilde ~Gifts for My Writer Friends: Adventures in YA Publishing has a great guest post HERE by Jake Kerr all about pacing. A great way to add tension is to make your characters uncomfortable. Janice Hardy at Fiction University has… Continue reading Last Minute Shopping Tips and a Giveaway
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