“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 have rewritten–often several times–every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers." ~ Vladimir Nabokov ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Janice Hardy has a great Narrative Nugget HERE that will help you make your characters more well-rounded. Her articles are always worth your time. Do you have… Continue reading SPARK — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: I would write a book, or a short story, at least three times–once to understand it, the second time to improve the prose, and a third to compel it to say what it still must say. ~ Bernard Malamud ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Dialogue is so important to making… Continue reading THE BURNING SEASON — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "You write in order to change the world … if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it." ~ James Baldwin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Getting the new year off to a good writing start can be tricky. HERE Randy… Continue reading ONE BIG OPEN SKY — 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: “The key to all story endings is to give the audience what it wants, but not in the way it expects.”~ William Goldman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Pacing is something, as writers, we need to think about. If we manage pacing well, it can make a world of difference… Continue reading THE RED PENCIL — Review
Thought for the Day: "I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies."~ George Saunders ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all get stuck for ideas now and then. I posted something not long ago with… Continue reading The Canyon’s Edge — Review
Thought for the Day: “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.”~ Neil Gaiman ~… Continue reading Starfish — Review
Thought for the Day: "You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do all this writing' Except, no, I wouldn't. I'd do the same amount of writing I do now and the rest of the time I'd go stir crazy. If you're… Continue reading Red, White, and Whole — Review
Thought for the Day: "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life--think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."~ Swami Vivekananda ~ Gifts… Continue reading 37 Days at Sea — Review
Thought for the Day: “You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander." ~ Anne Lamott ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Janice Hardy at Fiction University always has something good for writers. HERE she has… Continue reading Alone — Review & Giveaway
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