Thought for the Day:“Maybe you’ve made something mediocre–there’s plenty of that in any artist’s cabinets–but something mediocre is better than nothing, and often the near-misses, as I call them, are the beckoning hands that bring you to perfection just around the blind corner.” ~ Sally Mann, Photographer ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Alex Limberg did a guest post on… Continue reading Avenging the Owl — Review and Giveaway
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Nanny X Returns — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“The writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls.” ~ Walt Whitman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Steven Pressfield has some great stuff on his blog. HERE, HERE, and HERE you will find a three-part series on making your hero… Continue reading Nanny X Returns — Review and Giveaway
My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Nurture yourself. Read a great book. Sit in the back yard for tenminutes and listen to all the sounds. What rests you? A rested writercan tackle any problem, including schedules!"~ Joan Broerman ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:Every now and then I get a post from Writer’s Village that is pretty helpful. The guest… Continue reading My Secret Guide to Paris — Review and Giveaway
My Teacher is an Idiom — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"– Anne LamottGifts for My Writer Friends:In honor of the great David Bowie who, it turns out, was quite a reader, HERE is the list of his 100 favorite books. What an extraordinary… Continue reading My Teacher is an Idiom — Review and Giveaway
The Seventh Most Important Thing — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” ~ Mark Twain ~Gifts for My Writer Friends:You never know what you will find on writing blogs. I have a LOT of trouble sleeping — getting to sleep, staying asleep, getting back to sleep if I wake up in… Continue reading The Seventh Most Important Thing — 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
Clementine and the Family Meeting – Review and Giveaway
Thought for the day: “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ~Kurt Vonnegut~A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will find valuable.Interview with teens on what they want in YA lit: http://authoretc.blogspot.com/2012/11/be-not-afraid.htmlGood article on what children should read: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/what-should-children-read/?ref=opinionHow… Continue reading Clementine and the Family Meeting – Review and Giveaway
The Amazing Harry Kellar — Review and Giveaway
Thought for the Day:"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author." ~ G. K. Chesterton ~A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will find valuable.Kristen Lamb’s blog is always worth checking out. She is a… Continue reading The Amazing Harry Kellar — Review and Giveaway
Review of All Different Kinds of Free and a Giveaway
Thought for the day: I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.~Connie Willis~A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will find valuable.This is a good time to think about writing scary stories. Even… Continue reading Review of All Different Kinds of Free and a Giveaway
The Mysterious Henry Franks
Thought for the day: “A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.” ~ Richard Bach ~ A gift for my writer friends: Here are a couple of links I think you will find valuable.Anne R. Allen’s blog has 8 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Writing, tips from Ruth Harris, NYTimes best-selling author and former editor… Continue reading The Mysterious Henry Franks
Rosi Hollinbeck 