“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: "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: "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: "The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone."~ Donna Tartt ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Kris Maze… Continue reading I Survived The Galveston Hurricane 1900 — 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: We all get stuck for ideas now and then. I posted something not long ago with… Continue reading The Canyon’s Edge — Review
Thought for the Day: “You might not write well every day, but you can edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”~ Jodi Picoult ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: We all know titles are important. HERE is a fun quiz. See if you can guess which books came from these original titles.… Continue reading Red Fox Road — Review
Thought for the Day: “I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”~ Shannon Hale ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It's awfully important to have clarification on your theme as you write your novel. C. S. Lakin at Live Write… Continue reading A Talent for Trouble — Review
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