Thought for the Day: “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The more things change, the more they stay the same. This is fun to read — an article HERE entitled The First Hundred Words are the Hardest was published… Continue reading War is Over — Review & Giveaway
Tag: Middle Grade Books
McTavish Goes Wild — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "THE GREATEST TEACHER FAILURE IS.” ~ YODA ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Jill Hedgecock wrote a terrific post HERE for The Creative Penn that gives you a way to use visual inspiration for your writing. HERE is another post on getting rid of filler words and phrases. It’s worth your… Continue reading McTavish Goes Wild — Review & Giveaway
The Miraculous — Review
Thought for the Day: “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ~ Louie L’Amour ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Revising is the bane of my existence. I am always looking for ways to make it better for me. BookWorks has a good post HERE called… Continue reading The Miraculous — Review
Double Review & Giveaway — A Piglet Called Truffle & A Duckling Called Button
Thought for the Day: “You might not write well every day, but you can edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” ~ Jodi Picoult ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all hit creative slumps, so when I saw the post HERE by Macy Thornhill guesting on The Creative Penn, I thought… Continue reading Double Review & Giveaway — A Piglet Called Truffle & A Duckling Called Button
The Disaster Days — Review
Thought for the Day: “But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think…” ~ Lord Byron ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is a post called 12 Things Everyone Tells You About Writing But Maybe You Need to Hear… Continue reading The Disaster Days — Review
Wildfire — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing." ~ Margaret Atwood ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I know a lot of you have an interest in writing historical fiction. K. M. Weiland has a good post HERE with 7 tips for researching when writing historical… Continue reading Wildfire — Review & Giveaway
Birdie — Review
Thought for the Day: “Don’t watch the clock: do what it does. Keep going.” ~ Sam Levenson ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: K. M. Allen has a good post HERE with 5 Writing Ideas to Transform a Boring Scene. For me, excellent examples are such a terrific help. Writer’s Helping Writers has just such… Continue reading Birdie — Review
Small as an Elephant — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my… Continue reading Small as an Elephant — Review & Giveaway
Two Quick Reviews — Dream Within a Dream & The Battle of Junk Mountain
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
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
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