“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: "Not all reveals serve the story best if maintained throughout; sometimes you gain more narrative mileage by spilling the beans sooner, so readers see the aftereffects of the secret and its impact on the characters and story." ~ Tiffany Yates Martin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: No one wants to… Continue reading SOUNDS GOOD!: DISCOVER 50 INSTRUMENTS — Review
Thought for the Day: “Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics. good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the masters.”~ William Faulkner ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Bitsy Kemper is well-known in my SCBWI region. She used to be our… Continue reading DANCING IN THE STORM — Review
Thought for the Day: "There's no need to plan everything out beforehand. Part of the fun is setting up high stakes without knowing the outcome. This way you'll be right there with your protagonist, struggling to come up with solutions, even as the walls close in deliciously around you." —Julia Bartz from "Writers on Writing"… Continue reading JUST KEEP WALKING — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.”~ Ray Bradbury ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: This is something I think a lot of writers struggle with, especially with today's climate in publishing, so when I found the post HERE… Continue reading WILD RIVER — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.”~ Truman Capote ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writing in multiple viewpoints is becoming more and more popular,… Continue reading DRAWING WITH SQUIGGLES & WIGGLES: CREATE 100+ CARTOONS WITH FUN SHAPES! — Review
Thought for the Day: "You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart -- your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer us, and it's why you were… Continue reading HANGABOUT: FAR FROM HOME — 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 ~… Continue reading FERRIS — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ~ Octavia E. Butler ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Dialogue is hard to write… Continue reading THE MONARCHS OF WINGHAVEN — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "'I don't know where to start,' one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O'Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the… Continue reading THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST — Review
Thought for the Day: "When you first start writing -- and I think it's true for a lot of beginning writers -- you're scared to death that if you don't get that sentence right that minute it's never going to show up again. And it isn't. But it doesn't matter -- another one will, and… Continue reading THE SECRET LIBRARY — Review & Giveaway
Rosi Hollinbeck 