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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

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Juba! A Novel by Walter Dean Myers — Review and Giveaway

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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I Am Here to Help — Last-Minute Shopping Suggestions

Thought for the day: “I see small orbs of light, spaced like night lights in dark hallways.  I see forks in the road, in the form of distractions and small ideas.  Too much plotting, too much worry.  Does a caterpillar plot and worry its way into butterfly-hood?  Hell no.   It has things to do, like eat poisonous… Continue reading I Am Here to Help — Last-Minute Shopping Suggestions

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Whole Lot of Tellin’ Goin’ On and a Giveaway

Thought for the day:  "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~ Thomas Edison ~A gift for my writer friends. There has been a LOT of talk on the net the last couple of weeks (while I have been taking some time… Continue reading Whole Lot of Tellin’ Goin’ On and a Giveaway