“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: "If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes." ~ Mickey Spillane ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Robbie Cheadle has written a most interesting post about symbolism HERE on… Continue reading OCTOPUS MOON — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Writing is like fishing. It's just like fishing. If you don't fish that often, you're not going to catch that many fish." ~Sandra Cisneros ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: My critique partners have accused me of having characters who are too perfect. I know I'm not alone in this. I have… Continue reading FIRES BURNING UNDERGROUND — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Character is destiny. Change, growing from within and forced from without, is the mainspring of character development.”~ Rita Mae Brown ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: When I read wish lists from editors and agents looking for middle-grade books, the word "adventure" is almost always there. HERE is a good article… Continue reading THE FRINDLE FILES — Review
Thought for the Day: "The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone." ~ Donna Tartt ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writing… Continue reading FREE PERIOD — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day when you are writing a novel you will never be stuck." ~ Ernest Hemingway ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Janice Hardy at Fiction University always… Continue reading DEER RUN HOME — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon." ~ Ann Patchett ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Livia Blackburn wrote a good post HERE on A Brain Scientist’s Take on… Continue reading PLAGUE THIEVES — Review & Giveaway
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: "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
Thought for the Day: “Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out is the secret of all good writing.~ Mark Haddon ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Cutting is always something I should do more of in my writing. I'm not good at it. I love my words! HERE Janice Hardy has a… Continue reading BE A SCRIBE! Working for a Better Life in Ancient Egypt — Review
Thought for the Day: "A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it." ~ William Styron ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We often hear about keeping up the tension and ramping up the conflict, but how often do we hear about… Continue reading FREAK THE MIGHTY & THE BIG DARK — Double Review & Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 