“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 don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read."~ Astrid Lindgren ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Nathan Bransford has some excellent suggestions HERE in his post How to Self-Edit Your Novel. Our characters have to… Continue reading Dogs Who Work: The Canines We Cannot Live Without — Review
Thought for the Day: “Writing a novel is like a one-armed man trying to hammer together a chicken coop in a hurricane.”~ William Faulkner ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Marsh Cassady wrote a great article HERE for the Institute of Writing with 12 Writing Tips for Building Convincing Characters. I try really hard to… Continue reading THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.”~ Juansen Dizon, Confessions of a Wallflower ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It’s always nice when we can get good writing information and be… Continue reading Daisy Woodworm Changes the World — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.~ Bob Dylan ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Minor characters are awfully important to our stories. How dull they would be with only… Continue reading An Illustrated Collection of Nordic Animal Tales — Review
Thought for the Day: "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."~ Neil Gaiman ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Kelsey Allagood has written an excellent article… Continue reading Where Snow Angels Go — Review
Thought for the Day: "It didn't occur to me that my books would be widely read at all, and that enabled me to write anything I wanted to. And even once I realized that they were being read, I still wrote as if I were writing in secret. That's how one has to write anyway… Continue reading A Perfect Mistake — Review
Thought for the Day: “Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”~ Mario Andretti ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Trimming words is one of the best things one… Continue reading The Fort — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”~ Mark Twain ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Since I’m working on a picture book right now, you may see some links to good picture book articles. HERE is one from Writers’ Rumpus with 3 Ways to Pace Your Picture Book. The Writer… Continue reading I Will Protect You — Review
Thought for the Day: “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”~ Albert Camus ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Liza Nash Taylor at Writer Unboxed has a great post HERE with some suggestions for getting help with revisions. Don’t miss this one. Funny is good, but it is also hard. Anytime I… Continue reading Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves — Review
Thought for the Day: “Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” ~ Erica Jong ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Tension is so important to keeping your readers engaged. HERE Tiffany Yates Martin has a great post on Writer Unboxed with wonderful examples called Tension,… Continue reading A Dragon Used to Live Here — Review
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