“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: "I have rewritten–often several times–every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers." ~ Vladimir Nabokov ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Janice Hardy has a great Narrative Nugget HERE that will help you make your characters more well-rounded. Her articles are always worth your time. Do you have… Continue reading SPARK — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "I made a startling discovery. Time spent writing = output of work. Amazing." ~Ann Patchett~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It's tempting to use flashbacks to solve writing problems, but you have to do them right. HERE is a great post from K. M. Allan with Flashbacks: Dos and Don’ts. As writers,… Continue reading SCHOOLED — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard." ~ Gillian Flynn ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Becca Puglisi has a wonderful post HERE on Writers in the Storm for those who choose to write from more than one viewpoint. I can't… Continue reading LOST EVANGELINE — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. ~ John Irving ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I have been asked to… Continue reading PERSPECTIVE Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don’t see them. ~ Elie Wiesel ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends:… Continue reading WHAT HAPPENED THEN — Review
Thought for the Day: "Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does not illuminate your subject in some new and useful way, scratch it out." ~ Kurt Vonnegut ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Fidgeting is a character… Continue reading RISK, RESILIENCE, and REDEMPTION — Review & Giveaway
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: More on comp titles, this time from Phoebe Morgan at the Honest Editor. HERE you can… Continue reading SECRETS OF THE DEAD — Review
Thought for the Day: "A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our… Continue reading THE HONEST TRUTH — Review
Thought for the Day: I would write a book, or a short story, at least three times–once to understand it, the second time to improve the prose, and a third to compel it to say what it still must say. ~ Bernard Malamud ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Dialogue is so important to making… Continue reading THE BURNING SEASON — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." ~ Mark Twain ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I don’t think I pay as much attention to my secondary characters as I should. In fact, a… Continue reading THE KING OF JAM SANDWICHES — Review
Rosi Hollinbeck 