“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: “Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.” ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all have bad habits, including crutch words we sprinkle freely throughout our manuscripts. HERE is a good… Continue reading SAFE HARBOR — Review
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: I never tire of reading good articles about creating villains. HERE Sarah Allen from Sarah’s Smorgasbord has a great article about Writing a Satisfying Self-Destructive Villain. Her… Continue reading MYSTERY AT THE BILTMORE: THE VANDERHOFF HEIST — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Art doesn't have to do anything. It just has to be there for the fierce pleasure we take in doing it." ~ Raymond Carver ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all want our books to be meaningful. HERE is a good post by Mary Kole on How to Write Meaningful… Continue reading THE TRAIL — Review & Giveaway
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: "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
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