“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: "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: "If I can get a 'happy' ending - which is when for the characters I'm writing about, something happens that they move from wherever they are in the beginning to knowledge or wisdom, they know something they never would have acknowledged or realized if it hadn't been for my book --… Continue reading EXTINCTOPEDIA: Discover what we have lost, what is at risk, and how we can preserve the diversity of our fragile planet — REVIEW
Thought for the Day: “When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.” ~ Stephen King ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: If you want to get geeky about grammar, Tiffany Yates Martin might be the go-to gal… Continue reading MUMMIES UNWRAPPED — Review
Thought for the Day: "There are two reasons I support mistake-making. First, we know that failure means we tried. It also means if the mistake is wrong enough, we can make someone laugh." ~ Jorjeana Marie ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writing good dialogue is a real art. I am always on the lookout… Continue reading WHAT GOES ON INSIDE A BEAVER POND? — Review
Thought for the Day: “I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to… Continue reading WHAT CAN I DO? INSPIRING ACTIVITIES FOR CREATIVE KIDS — Review
Thought for the Day: "'I don't know where to start,' one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O'Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the… Continue reading THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST — Review
Thought for the Day: “You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end -- much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you.”~ Brenda Ueland, writer ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all want our characters to be truly well-rounded. HERE Deborah-Zehna Adams has the… Continue reading SOUTHPAW SULLY — Review
Thought for the Day: “A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper."~ E.B. White ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It would be nice if we all had an unlimited travel budget, but most of us don’t. So how can we write about places… Continue reading THE INFINITE QUESTIONS OF DOTTIE BING — Review
Thought for the Day: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ~ Winston Churchill ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It is always a good idea to get new ideas about building characters. HERE on A Writer's Path, Georgio Konstandi has a good post on Creating that… Continue reading THE PRINCE OF THE STEEL PIER — Review
Thought for the Day: “One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the coal to come bubbling up to the surface. One must go… Continue reading Realistic Animals in Colored Pencils — Review
Rosi Hollinbeck 