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"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." ~ Anna Quindlen
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
3d ago
Thought for the Day: "Writing fiction takes me out of time. I sit down and the clock will not exist for me for a few hours. That’s probably as close to immortal as we’ll ever get."~ David Foster Wallace ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: I don’t use a lot of flashbacks, and I haven’t ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
1w ago
Thought for the Day: “Instead of waiting for inspiration to start writing, start writing to find inspiration.” ~ Robert Lee Brewer ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Jan Fields at the Institute for Writers always has good posts. HERE she gives us 4 Planning Tools to Use for Successful Revisions. Janice Hardy has a good ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
1M ago
Thought for the Day: "There are two reasons I support mistake-making. First, we know that failure means we tried. It also means if the mistake is wrong enough, we can make someone laugh." ~ Jorjeana Marie ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: Writing good dialogue is a real art. I am always on the lookout ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
1M ago
Thought for the Day: "I don’t like to write, but I take great pleasure in having written – in having finally made an arrangement that has a certain inevitability, like the solution to a mathematical problem. Perhaps in no other line of work is delayed gratification so delayed." ~ William Zinsser ~ Gifts for ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
1M ago
Thought for the Day: “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”~ Paulo Coelho ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: It’s important to know what drives our characters. HERE Barbara O’Neal writing for Writer Unboxed has a terrific post on The Wound and the Contradiction. Writers Helping Writers has a great post HERE by September ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
2M ago
Thought for the Day: "Not all reveals serve the story best if maintained throughout; sometimes you gain more narrative mileage by spilling the beans sooner, so readers see the aftereffects of the secret and its impact on the characters and story." ~ Tiffany Yates Martin ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: No one wants to ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
2M ago
Thought for the Day: "A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it." ~ Rita Dove ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: You never want to confuse your readers. HERE Nathan Bransford has an interesting post with Six Reasons You’re Confusing the Reader. Tracy C. Gold has ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
3M ago
Thought for the Day: "There's no need to plan everything out beforehand. Part of the fun is setting up high stakes without knowing the outcome. This way you'll be right there with your protagonist, struggling to come up with solutions, even as the walls close in deliciously around you." —Julia Bartz from "Writers on Writing ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
3M ago
Thought for the Day: “You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.”~ Ray Bradbury ~ Gifts for My Writer Friends: This is something I think a lot of writers struggle with, especially with today's climate in publishing, so when I found the post HERE ..read more
Rosi Hollinbeck » Middle Grade Books
3M ago
Thought for the Day: "You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart -- your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer us, and it's why you were ..read more