“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ~ Anna Quindlen
Thought for the Day: "Never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things—childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves—that go on slipping, like sand, through our fingers." ~ Salman Rushdie ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Many years ago, I was in… Continue reading THE HOTEL BALZAAR — Review
Thought for the Day: "There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you." ~ Beatrix Potter ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Excellent character description can add so much to a story. HERE Rebecca McClanahan, writing for Writer’s Digest, gives us 11 Secrets to… Continue reading COYOTE LOST AND FOUND — Review
Thought for the Day: "Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest you can think of, and spend the rest of your life carrying it out."~ Harry S. Truman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Naming of characters can carry a lot of water for writers. HERE Becca Puglisi of Writers… Continue reading TRASHED — Review
Thought for the Day: "To imagine yourself inside another person…is what a story writer does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose."~ Eudora Welty ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I don't know that I have seen many posts on dealing with the grief our characters… Continue reading THE HAUNTING OF LAKE LUCY — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head." ~ Tim O'Brien ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Show, don’t tell, but with… Continue reading WILD WAVE — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Just because we are aware of the need for the inciting incident doesn't mean we shouldn't spend the time carefully crafting how we arrive at this point."~ Ran Walker ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Lying is on my mind these days as a certain candidate in the election goes on… Continue reading TREE. TABLE. BOOK. — Review & Giveaway
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Thought for the Day: "I write not only what I want to read… I write all the things I should have been able to read.” ~ Alice Walker ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all know that a character arc is important in our novels, but how do we show the character's growth? HERE… Continue reading A KID’S GUIDE TO PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: with Cool Facts, Activities and Recipes — Review
Thought for the Day: "We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You're not… Continue reading FROM PYRAMIDS TO PALACES: Architecture around the World — Review
Thought for the Day: “A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”~ P.L. Travers ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Institute for Literature publishes a lot of good articles for writers. HERE is Susan Ludwig’s excellent take on Creating Character… Continue reading THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FOREST — Review
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