“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: “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”~ Jack Kerouac ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I wrote on here recently I didn’t see many posts about book endings, so, of course, there was one this week from K. M Weiland HERE called The Psychology of… Continue reading CONFESSIONS OF A MANGO — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there and wait for a wave, and when it comes it takes you somewhere and you don't know where it'll go."~ Margaret Atwood ~ Gifts… Continue reading JUST LIKE THAT — Review
Thought for the Day: “Being a writer is a very particular sort of job: It’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”~ Neil Gaiman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Voice, voice, voice. Any writer who has watched a webinar or… Continue reading JUPITER RISING — Review
Thought for the Day: "Sometimes you have to be less ashamed about writing a bad poem than you would be about being silent." ~ Robert Hass ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Unreliable narrators are a challenge to write, but they can do a lot of work for an author. HERE is a great article… Continue reading THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL — Review
Thought for the Day: "Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.”~ Barbara Kingsolver ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is an interesting post by Jon Morrow from SmartBlogger about adding Power Words to your writing. Nathan Bransford's blog is always worth a look. HERE is a great… Continue reading FIFTH GRADE TOP DOGS — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Good writing takes place at intersections, at what you might call knots, at places where the society is snarled or knotted up." ~ Margaret Atwood ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Creative Penn has a wonderful article on verbs HERE, or you can listen to the podcast of it. It’s… Continue reading GLORY BE — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "You are lucky to be one of those people who wish 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: Every book needs good pacing and tension throughout. HERE is a good article… Continue reading MASCOT — Review
Thought for the Day: “You either write or there’s silence. It’s that simple.”~ Gregory Galloway ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We would all like to hear some really good publishing news, but maybe it’s better to have a realistic picture of what is going on. HERE is a terrific article by Vicky Weber on… Continue reading MIXED FEELINGS — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”~ Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I can never get enough about query letters. If I see an article or post on… Continue reading RISE OF THE SPIDER — 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: I've often read about a story being structured in three acts, but HERE K. M.… Continue reading ORPHANLAND — Review & Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 