“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: "The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of… Continue reading INCREDIBLY PENELOPE — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by them. Each one has crossed a border that I myself have circumvented." ~ Milan Kundera ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Lisa Hall-Wilson has a great post… Continue reading NOT LUCILLE — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.”~ Brenda Ueland ~… Continue reading ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING! REVISED AND EXPANDED: A HISTORY OF EARTH, DINOSAURS, RULERS, ROBOTS, AND OTHER THINGS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION — Review
Thought for the Day: “Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”~ Tom Stoppard ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all want our characters to be memorable. Lisa Hall-Wilson has written a fun and useful post HERE on Writers… Continue reading A WALK THROUGH THE RAINFOREST — 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: “Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” ~ Marianne Moore, poet ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Dialogue can make the difference between a great book and a mediocre one. HERE Audrey Wick writes in Writers’ Digest about Using Beats to Improve Dialogue and Action in Scenes.… Continue reading The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid — Review
Thought for the Day: "Sometimes, when you're writing sentence by sentence, you're not really sure what footprints you're going to fall into, or what ghosts might appear."~ Karen Russell ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Eldred Bird has an article on Writers in the Storm HERE that explains what a MacGuffin is. First, it’s very… Continue reading Tips for Magicians — Review
Thought for the Day: "Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."~ Gloria Steinem ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It might seem odd for me to post a link HERE to an article called 7 Steps for Writing Your Novel’s First Chapter, but… Continue reading The Story of the Olympic Games — Review
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