Thought for the Day: “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writing poetry is good discipline and good for the soul. I try my hand at… Continue reading Two Quick Reviews — Dream Within a Dream & The Battle of Junk Mountain
Tag: Middle Grade Books
Free Lunch — Review & Giveaway
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 Free Lunch — Review & Giveaway
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe — 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
Cryptid Creatures — Review & Giveaway
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
On Snowden Mountain — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.” ~ Bobby Knight ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is a cute graphic post to help you know filler words you can cut easily. Suzanne Purvis is HERE at Fiction University to help you punch… Continue reading On Snowden Mountain — Review & Giveaway
Cody and the Heart of a Champion — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned to do it." ~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Cliffhangers are a great way to keep those pages turning. Anne R. Allen’s partner Ruth Harris has a… Continue reading Cody and the Heart of a Champion — Review & Giveaway
20 Recipes Kids Should Know — Review
Thought for the Day: “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” ~ Morihei Ueshiba ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It is always a good idea to inject humor into your writing, but doing it well isn’t easy. The Creative Penn has a good post HERE with some hints about humor.… Continue reading 20 Recipes Kids Should Know — Review
Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of 'The Elements of Style.' The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.” ~ Dorothy Parker ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Jane… Continue reading Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts — Review & Giveaway
My Fate According to the Butterfly — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Will Durant ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: David Griffin Brown has a guest post HERE on The Creative Penn that will help you create memorable characters. Edie Jarolim has a post HERE with 5… Continue reading My Fate According to the Butterfly — Review & Giveaway
The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins — Review
Thought for the Day: “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.” ~ Colin Powell ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writer’s Digest has a good column HERE by Ann Garvin that will give you 10 Ways To Hook Your Reader (and Reel Them in for Good). How much… Continue reading The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins — Review
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