Wild Word Friday! Do you remember those days when you wiggled and poked and prodded at that loose MILK TOOTH until finally, finally it came out? That night you put it under your pillow, and the next morning the tooth was gone. In its place was a dime or a quarter, depending on the tooth fairy’s mood and pocketbook….
I love to “discover” new authors. I’m currently reading two first novels by new-to-me authors. For our April book, our Reading Group chose Guardians of Hallowed Ground, Gettysburg by Thomas J. Ball. Guardians is an account of a time-travel journey made by a group of modern soldiers to the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. Tom’s research is impeccable and his…
The other day a friend and I were discussing our grandchildren, and she related a cute comment made by her 3-year-old grandson. Since that conversation, I’ve been remembering all the funny things I’ve heard children say, some wise and others silly. One of my favorite “kid sayings” was from one of our DGDs (Darling Granddaughters), when she was about 2 1/2….
Welcome back to YOUR Novel! Let’s talk a bit about scenes. You can’t write a novel without scenes. Scenes are the molecular structure of story and thus of a book. I like literary agent Rachelle Gardner’s take on scenes. “A scene has three necessary elements: a location in time and space; action; and dialogue. Make…
Wild Word Friday! Yes, really, HELEMUTHODOPILATAHA is a word. I think we might agree that it is the wildest wild word we’ve yet featured on our Wild Word Fridays. HELEMUTHODOPILATAHA is one way you would say the number seven if you were speaking in the language of the Wilo people who live in the Amazon basin. Now…
Book Review: OUR WITCHDOCTORS ARE TOO WEAK Authors: Davey and Marie Jank Imagine living for years in an Amazon jungle village that doesn’t have the luxury of running water (except in an alligator-infested river). Home is a wattle-and-daub hut with a mud floor and thatched roof. The people speak a language you don’t know – a language…
We have a couple of great books this month. If you post a reply to the question at the end of this blog post, your name will be in the drawing on April 30. If your name is drawn, you will have your choice of THEODORE BOONE KID LAWYER, a young adult book by John…
Wild Word Friday! April 1 – April’s Fool’s Day. I’m not sure that this “holiday” is recognized anywhere else in the world, but in the U.S. it’s a great excuse to pull pranks and launch practical jokes. I’m not much into pranks, and practical jokes always seem to backfire, so instead, let’s take a little time to…
Congratulations to Mary Decremer! Mary, you’ve won your choice of the March 2011 Free Books. Check out your choices at https://sueharrison.com/2011/03/march-11-free-books/ Email me (or post here) to let us know which of the books you would like and we’ll send it your way. Tomorrow I’ll post the April 2011 free book choices. I hope everyone will…
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