Thought for the Day: “Writing is hard work. It isn’t just sitting around fantasizing, or having a drink with somebody and talking about how cool it would be if you wrote a story. It’s work.” ~ Patricia Cornwall ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Just Publishing Advice has a great post HERE called When the… Continue reading Hurricane Season — Review
Tag: Middle Grade Books
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” ~ J. K. Rowling ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Jane Friedman has The Complete Guide to Query Letters… Continue reading Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made — Review & Giveaway
Ms. Bixby’s Last Day — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I can’t imagine outlining a book and then just sitting down and writing it. I think it would lose its emotional being — the effervescence, the sparkle.” ~ Patricia Cornwall ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It's a good idea to get some writing advice from great writers. HERE are 10… Continue reading Ms. Bixby’s Last Day — Review & Giveaway
The Presidents: Portraits of History — Review
Thought for the Day: ”There’s a phrase I use called "The Valley Full of Clouds." Writing a novel is as if you are going off on a journey across a valley. The valley is full of mist, but you can see the top of a tree here and the top of another tree over there.… Continue reading The Presidents: Portraits of History — Review
Homerooms & Hall Passes — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ~ Louis L’amour ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Anne R. Allen’s blog is always a good read. Her post HERE entitled How to Write a Professional, Not-Embarrassing Query to an Agent, Reviewer, Editor, or… Continue reading Homerooms & Hall Passes — Review & Giveaway
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer — Review
Thought for the Day: “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” ~ Paulo Coelho ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I never found a post on query letters or synopses I didn’t learn something from. HERE is one from A Writer’s Path that is very good. It’s called Why Are Query Letters and Synopses… Continue reading The Last Last-Day-of-Summer — Review
Trowbridge Road — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "I came to writing kind of late. I was an engineer, and the one thing I've learned is that you have to steer a project in the direction of the maximum fun for you. You could say lively energy, or you have to try to be intrigued. Basically, if you were… Continue reading Trowbridge Road — Review & Giveaway
Counting to Perfect — Review
Thought for the Day: “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” ~ Golda Meir ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I am a staunch defender of the… Continue reading Counting to Perfect — Review
The Mulberry Tree — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.” ~ Neil Gaiman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Deep Point of View is a… Continue reading The Mulberry Tree — Review & Giveaway
The Summer We Found the Baby — Review & Giveaway
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 ~… Continue reading The Summer We Found the Baby — Review & Giveaway
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