February and March have been busy book months for me with the release of Words Spoken True. The book went on a blog tour and has gotten over fifty reviews so far. Most have been very positive which is nice for this writer since the book is very different from my other recent books. You never know if readers are …
Lyn Cote Hi, everybody. Occasionally I have the privilege of welcoming another author over to write in my writer’s journal. Today I’m especially pleased to welcome Lyn Cote, multi-published, bestselling author of books that tell brave stories about strong women. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit her blog a few times so today she’s returning the favor. As a bonus …
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that …
Okay, so I took my camera to my Hometown Book Launch today and forgot to take even one picture to share with you, my cyber friends and neighbors. I could have at least taken a picture of those brownies I baked for my reading friends. But I was too busy talking to think about pictures. So you get a picture …
“Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.” ~Lawrence Clark Powell I always thank my readers in my acknowledgements because, as Powell says above, a book has to have a reader to come to life. Fiction writers and readers form a unique partnership of imagination. The writer comes up with the characters and lets their adventures flow through …
This is the header of one of the blogs, The Owl Bookmark Blog, that just posted a review of my new release, Words Spoken True. I thought it was such a great picture that I wanted to share it with you. I’m hoping Siobian won’t mind since I’m giving her credit. But look at the fun exploding out of the …
Do you remember these kind of sayings? “Yours til’ Ivory soup sinks.” Do you remember Ivory soap? It’s still on the store shelves and it still floats. So whoever wrote that promise in my little autograph book when I was a kid must still be mine. The autograph books were sort of a fad when I was in grade school. …
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. (Voltaire) Happy Valentine’s Day! What makes Valentine’s Day good for you? Candy? Roses? A card with loving words? Maybe sugar candy hearts with “Be Mine” on them. Seems I remember hearing that they had jazzed up and modernized the Valentine messages on candy hearts. So now the sayings on …
Okay, so it’s not Wednesday. It’s not even Thursday, the day I usually remember I forgot to post on One Writer’s Journal on Wednesday. But I’ve got excuses. A good writer should always be able to come up with excuses. Or reasons. So, I’m blaming those grandkids who were here a few days ago. By the time they left, I …
It’s been a grandkid weekend that started on Thursday night and won’t end till late tomorrow night. A couple of the kids are a little homesick. The other two aren’t showing much signs of wishing for home. But for sure, I’m one tired grandmom. The twins are sweet as they can be, but two three-year-olds keep you on the move. …