“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: “One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I’m going to do my five or ten pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I’ll have lost nothing -- writing and tearing up… Continue reading A Curious Collection of Dangerous Creatures — Review
Thought for the Day: “Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad…I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.” ~ Maya Angelou ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is a post from Linda Sue Park… Continue reading Famous Artists in History — Review & Giveaway
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: Our heroes are often underdogs, especially in middle-grade fiction. Charles Yellowitz has a good… Continue reading Voices of Young Heroes — Review
Thought for the Day: “Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.” ~ Mark Twain ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Legends of Windemere has an interesting post HERE by Charles Yallowitz that deals with being a single father. We have them in stories we are writing, so there are… Continue reading Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe — Review
Thought for the Day: “A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.” ~ P.L. Travers ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all try not to write boring characters. Martin Cavannaugh has a good guest post HERE on Literary Rambles that… Continue reading Cryptid Creatures — Review & Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 