Thought for the Day: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ~ Thomas A. Edison ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Would you like to notch up your scene conflict? K. M. Weiland has some great ideas HERE. Query letters are so important and so hard. GalleyCat… Continue reading Just Under the Clouds — Review AND Bobs and Tweets Trick or Tweet — Review & Giveaway
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Louisiana’s Way Home — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.” ~ Octavia Butler ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Marketing is obviously critical to the success of a book. I don’t have a book to market… Continue reading Louisiana’s Way Home — Review & Giveaway
Where the Watermelons Grow — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” ~ Henry Ford ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Need to create some suspense or tension? Well, yes, of course we all do. Tiffany Yates Martin has a guest post HERE at Writers in the Storm that will help… Continue reading Where the Watermelons Grow — Review & Giveaway
1001+ Fantastic Facts about Animals — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam.” ~John Updike~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Going to a conference? Need to write an elevator pitch? HERE is a post that can help you… Continue reading 1001+ Fantastic Facts about Animals — Review & Giveaway
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water." ~ Kurt Vonnegut ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Kathy Temean at Writing and Illustrating has a good post HERE with 20 things to check for while revising your novel. By the way, if you aren’t reading… Continue reading Al Capone Throws Me a Curve — Review & Giveaway
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives." ~ JK Rowling ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Editor’s Blog has some great grammar reminders HERE to help you make better sentences. Janice Hardy at Fiction University has a VERY interesting post HERE that… Continue reading The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl — Review & Giveaway
Behind These Hands: Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” ~ Marianne Moore, poet ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Without good dialogue, most books would be pretty terrible, so if the dialogue isn’t good, what’s the point. K. M Weiland has a great post HERE that will help you… Continue reading Behind These Hands: Review & Giveaway
The Penderwicks at Last — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” ~ Mark Twain ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It's always a good idea to look to successful writers for advice. HERE are 10 rules for writing by Michael Morpurgo, a pretty successful writer whose work… Continue reading The Penderwicks at Last — Review & Giveaway
Out of Left Field — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” ~ George Edward Woodberry ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: That old bugaboo Show Don’t Tell is revisited HERE at Fiction University by Laurence McNaughton. This is a really good one. BookBabyBlog has an interesting post… Continue reading Out of Left Field — Review & Giveaway
Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes...including YOU!" ~ Ann Lamott ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Query letters are, at least for me, daunting. So when I see a post on writing queries, I always pay attention. The one HERE from Sub it Club will… Continue reading Bobby Lee Claremont and the Criminal Element — Review & Giveaway
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