“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: “Writing a novel is like a one-armed man trying to hammer together a chicken coop in a hurricane.”~ William Faulkner ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Marsh Cassady wrote a great article HERE for the Institute of Writing with 12 Writing Tips for Building Convincing Characters. I try really hard to… Continue reading THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT — 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: Lynn Cullen has an interesting article HERE in Writer’s Digest about something I’d never really thought about, but it’s important. In How To Acknowledge Uncomfortable Facts When Writing Historical Fiction, she… Continue reading OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG: A PLACE TO CALL HOME — Review
Thought for the Day: “You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer.”~ Isaac Asimov ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Sometimes the Institute for Writers posts good articles online. HERE is their article on Setting as a Character. I hope you… Continue reading MEET ME HALFWAY — Review
Thought for the Day: “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down but the staying down.”~ Mary Pickford ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is a really good article from the Institute for Writers on Looking Through Your Character's Eyes.… Continue reading Haven: A Small Cat’s Big Adventure — Review
Thought for the Day: "Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you… Continue reading Detector Dogs, Dynamite Dolphins, and More Animals with Super Sensory Powers — Review
Thought for the Day: “I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.”~ Juansen Dizon, Confessions of a Wallflower ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It’s always nice when we can get good writing information and be… Continue reading Daisy Woodworm Changes the World — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late…to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the… Continue reading The Vanderbeekers on the Road — Review
Thought for the Day: “A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”~ Sidney Sheldon ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: There are a lot of articles about first lines and first pages, but not many on endings. HERE is an article from the Nelson Literary… Continue reading Tales of the Prehistoric World — Review
Thought for the Day: “Sure, it’s simple, writing for kids… Just as simple as bringing them up.”~ Ursula K. LeGuin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: You can’t have a good story without a solid story premise. HERE C. S. Lakin has a great piece on Crafting a Compelling Story Premise. If our characters don’t… Continue reading The Hike to Home — Review
Thought for the Day: “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.~ Bob Dylan ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Minor characters are awfully important to our stories. How dull they would be with only… Continue reading An Illustrated Collection of Nordic Animal Tales — Review
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