“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: "Never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things—childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves—that go on slipping, like sand, through our fingers." ~ Salman Rushdie ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Many years ago, I was in… Continue reading THE HOTEL BALZAAR — Review
Thought for the Day: "There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you." ~ Beatrix Potter ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Excellent character description can add so much to a story. HERE Rebecca McClanahan, writing for Writer’s Digest, gives us 11 Secrets to… Continue reading COYOTE LOST AND FOUND — Review
Thought for the Day: "Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest you can think of, and spend the rest of your life carrying it out."~ Harry S. Truman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Naming of characters can carry a lot of water for writers. HERE Becca Puglisi of Writers… Continue reading TRASHED — Review
Thought for the Day: "To imagine yourself inside another person…is what a story writer does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose."~ Eudora Welty ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I don't know that I have seen many posts on dealing with the grief our characters… Continue reading THE HAUNTING OF LAKE LUCY — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head." ~ Tim O'Brien ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Show, don’t tell, but with… Continue reading WILD WAVE — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Just because we are aware of the need for the inciting incident doesn't mean we shouldn't spend the time carefully crafting how we arrive at this point."~ Ran Walker ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Lying is on my mind these days as a certain candidate in the election goes on… Continue reading TREE. TABLE. BOOK. — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it." ~ William Styron ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We often hear about keeping up the tension and ramping up the conflict, but how often do we hear about… Continue reading FREAK THE MIGHTY & THE BIG DARK — Double Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I don't need time. What I need is a deadline.”~ Duke Ellington ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: The Kill Zone is a blog with eleven writers in the thriller genre. But even if you aren’t writing thrillers, they have some great posts. HERE is a post by Dale Ivan Smith… Continue reading UNSTUCK — Review
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: Showing our characters' emotions isn’t always easy to accomplish, but it’s critical. HERE is a good article from the… Continue reading GUT REACTION & HALF MOON SUMMER — Double Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own. That is why you read it, and might even sit up in bed till early dawn, throwing your whole tomorrow out… Continue reading KEEPING PACE — Review & Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 