The latest book from the amazing Susan Elizabeth Phillips hits the shelves tomorrow! I can't wait! I loved Teddy Beaudine in Lady Be Good and love how she's tying in characters from Glitter Baby and First Lady into the Fancy Pants universe.
My favorite of SEP's books is Heaven, Texas. Bobby Tom and Gracie are such good characters and the book is a textbook on "show, don't tell." Must read for any author! I also love her geek heroes, like Dex from Lady Be Good and Yank from Hot Shot.
What's your favorite SEP?
Monday, January 17, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Quote of the Day
"In real estate, it's location, location, location. In writing, it's diction, diction, diction." Paul Raymond Martin
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Quote of the Day
"In writing (as in most endeavors) sweat rules over inspiration." Paul Raymond Martin
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Quote of the Day
"There are worse crimes than burning books. Oneof them is not reading them." Joseph Brodsky
Monday, January 10, 2011
Quote of the Day
"The word 'fail,' of course, ceases to apply if we know that whether we try something new or practice something old, we are merely gaining information. It's pretty hard to look for information when we dress up ahead of time in our black j...udge's robes and horn-rimmed spectacles. 'Caught you, you miserable failure,' is about all we can say in such garb. But when you pencil and pad in hand and dress for a reporter's job, we can go for 'Just the facts, ma'am . . .' 'Just clean simple facts, if you don't mind, sir.' No slanting or sitting in judgement or you're fired - on the spot. No editorials - leave that to the editor. We don't want your opinions, just straight reporting." Eloise Ristad
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Quote of the Day
"Many cultures believed the letters of their alphabets were far more than just symbols for communication, recording transactions, or recalling history. They believed letters were powerful magical symbols that could could be used to cast spells and predict the future." Christopher Vogler
Friday, January 7, 2011
Quote of the Day
"The ordinary world is the place to state the theme of your story. What is the story really about? If you had to boil down its essence to a single word or phrase, what would it be? What single idea or quality is it about? Love? Trust? Betrayal? Vanity? Prejudice? Greed? Madness? Ambition? Friendship? What are you trying to say?" Christopher Vogler
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Quote of the Day
"I would hate for somebody to think of humor or writing humor as a technical matter. Grammar is technique, a sense of rhythm is a technique and looking words up in the dictionary to learn what they mean is a technique. You can't be funny unless you know exactly what you are trying to say." Roy Blount Jr.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Books
What book coming out soon are you looking forward to? I can't wait for SEP's Call Me Irresistible, Suz Brockmann's Breaking the Rules, Tami Hoag's Secrets to the Grave, JR Ward's Lover Unleashed and Susan Andersen's upcoming release. Does Michele Albert have a book coming out this year?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Quote of the Day
"Begin with an individual, and before you know it you have created a type; begin with a type and you find that you have created - nothing." F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Writing quote of the day
"Revision is never finished, but at some point you have to let it be, and send it out to market." Paul Raymond Martin
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Quote of the Day
I found this cute book by Paul Raymond Martin called The Writer's Little Instruction Book. It has all these little aphorisms about writing. I'll be posting one a day, starting today. Happy New Year!
"Writing well is tedious.
Having written well is joyful." Paul Raymond Martin.
"Writing well is tedious.
Having written well is joyful." Paul Raymond Martin.
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