“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: "Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which calls for details; any good lie does." ~ Anne Tyler ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Our characters have to have relationships with other characters. HERE is… Continue reading THE GIRL WHO FOUGHT BACK: VLADKA MEED AND THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING — Review
Thought for the Day: A writer needs three things: experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.~ William Faulkner ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It never hurts to have a little refresher on punctuation. I know I find them useful. HERE… Continue reading THE WITCHING WIND — Review
Thought for the Day: “Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself. It’s a self-exploratory operation that is endless.”~ Harper Lee ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Sometimes we just feel like throwing in the towel, but there are good reasons not to. HERE is a good kick-in-the-pants post on Writer Unboxed by Rachel… Continue reading OFF THE MAP — Review
Thought for the Day: "I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live."~ Francoise Sagan ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Backstory is something we all need to deal with, but how? Too much and we bury our story in it. Too little and we… Continue reading NOT NOTHING — Review
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 idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart." ~ Maya Angelou ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Sarah Allen on Sarah’s Smorgasbord has such an entertaining and useful post HERE on Writing a Satisfying Self-Destructive Villain.… Continue reading THE THINGS WE MISS — Review
Thought for the Day: "Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm creating so fully as to see hours go by without my noticing it. I think that kind of suspension of time and that mindfulness… Continue reading THE FLICKER — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." ~ Philip Pullman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Dialogue, when written well, adds much to our stories. It's so important to make it clear who is speaking without littering our writing with he said she… Continue reading A World of Dogs: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Dog Lovers — Review
Thought for the Day: "Writing is… being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and spirit, and then store it like a genie in tense, tiny black symbols on a calm white page." ~ Mary Gaitskill ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Getting… Continue reading THE LONG WAY AROUND — Review
Thought for the Day: "The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone." ~ Donna Tartt ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writing… Continue reading FREE PERIOD — Review & Giveaway
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