“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: "You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned to do it."~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Some people know that I am a bit of a grammar Nazi. There are so many rules, and I… Continue reading HOME AWAY FROM HOME — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: "If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my… Continue reading HAZEL HILL IS GONNA WIN THIS ONE — Review
Thought for the Day: “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”~ Henry Ford ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Lynn Cullen has an interesting article HERE in Writer’s Digest about something I’d never really thought about, but it’s important. In How To Acknowledge Uncomfortable Facts When Writing Historical Fiction, she… Continue reading OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG: A PLACE TO CALL HOME — Review
Thought for the Day: “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down but the staying down.”~ Mary Pickford ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: HERE is a really good article from the Institute for Writers on Looking Through Your Character's Eyes.… Continue reading Haven: A Small Cat’s Big Adventure — Review
Thought for the Day: "Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you… Continue reading Detector Dogs, Dynamite Dolphins, and More Animals with Super Sensory Powers — Review
Thought for the Day: “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late…to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the… Continue reading The Vanderbeekers on the Road — Review
Thought for the Day: “A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”~ Sidney Sheldon ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: There are a lot of articles about first lines and first pages, but not many on endings. HERE is an article from the Nelson Literary… Continue reading Tales of the Prehistoric World — Review
Thought for the Day: “Sure, it’s simple, writing for kids… Just as simple as bringing them up.”~ Ursula K. LeGuin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: You can’t have a good story without a solid story premise. HERE C. S. Lakin has a great piece on Crafting a Compelling Story Premise. If our characters don’t… Continue reading The Hike to Home — Review
Thought for the Day: "Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best."~ Henry van Dyke, poet ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: K. M. Allan has a lot of great content on her blog. HERE she tells us How to Add Unpredictability… Continue reading Outside Nowhere — Review
Thought for the Day: “Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” ~ Marianne Moore, poet ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Dialogue can make the difference between a great book and a mediocre one. HERE Audrey Wick writes in Writers’ Digest about Using Beats to Improve Dialogue and Action in Scenes.… Continue reading The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid — Review
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