This morning I saw this post and I just had to share it! Janet Reid from Query Shark (if you’re a writer and don’t know about this website….hurry up! Sign up for it asap!) Here’s Janet’s rendition of the “worst query letter ever.” To sign up for her blog click here Query Shark by Janet Reid Attention …
Say no to regular “cheese” pictures. Boring! Live A LOT! Here’s a few for your viewing pleasure! Next week book review is Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr… My cousin Juan Carlos and I doing the “break up.” Saul and I doing “perverse planning resulting in nothing good.” Nati and I “discovering the truth about her …
I picked up this movie at my local video store over the weekend because 1) it was an independent film and 2) the cover looked enticing and 3) what an awesome title. I have three words. O. M. G. I am so glad I saw this. Teenage Dirtbag tells the story of Amber, a senior …
Don Miguel Ruiz, Author of the Four Agreements, tells us “Be impeccable with your word…because words are magic.” No matter how small a thing you tell someone, it may affect them for the rest of their lives. And that is how sometimes mentors inspire us. They perform “white magic” with their kind words. There is …
By Maggie Stiefvater First, let me start this review by saying that I absolutely love Holly Black’s faeries, and it is not right that I should compare Stiefvater’s faeries to Black’s. But again, it is nearly impossible to not do. I really loved the way the book began. Deirdre is a gifted musician and she …
Book Review: Lament “A Faerie’s Queen Deception” Read More »
I extracted this article from Writer’s Digest July/August Edition. The article entails three debut authors, Tom Leveen, Boyd Morrison, and Malena Watrous and how they did it, what they learned and why aspiring writers can do it too. I am showcasing Tom Leveen’s blurb below and his experience writing and publishing his debut young adult …
TV? What is that? I can’t remember the last time I watched TV. There are certain things I do enjoy watching on DVD (or on stream) that contribute to inspiration. Like the show Mad Men. Love that show. It is a work of art. And for brain candy? An occasional show of 30 Rock on …
One of my writer friends is getting a little tired of reading YA fantasy at least for”right now.” She has read mounds and mounds of YA fantasy over the last…I don’t know…but at least a year for sure. She mentioned that she may switch over the MG (Middle Grade), and it reminded me of …
I met TL on Mary Kole’s blog www.kidlit.com and I am so glad I did. We were both looking for critique partners…and we were both sort of late posting! I am thrilled to have met her because I find we have a lot in common, like using music for inspiration and using our husband’ feedback for alternate …
Unpublished Author Extraordinare: An Interview with TL Sumner Read More »
No matter if you are agnostic, atheist, religious, spiritual or, like my friend likes to say…”culty,” there is no denying that there is a greater force at work in the Universe. Most times it gets you out of jams or intervenes right at the precise moment when everything seems to be going to hell. I …