I am once again committing to a blog schedule for the upcoming year. As last year's topics and posting days proved to be popular, I am going to keep the same schedule for this year. There will be weekly posts divided between writing topics on Tuesday's, when I will be...
I love to set a reading challenge through Goodreads each year. Not only does it give me the opportunity to review every book I read, but also to track what I have read. You can see my 2021 list here: It is always interesting to see the facts - pages read, books read...
I found a holiday project to do in the week between Christmas and New Year. A small model of a library (although the label says Sam's Study). I, of course, opened it when it arrived with excitement, but this was short lived when I realized each component - shelves,...
Photo by James Wheeler on Pexels.com Winter Forest The wind whistles around the pine trees Scattering fallen snow into festoon veils The eagle flies on high Its wings like sails. Creatures huddled together in burrows Sleeping the winter away in hibernation Others...
We all know that the holiday’s tend to reek havoc on our writing schedule, but there are ways of grabbing writing time. There are always lulls in activities, whether it's traveling time, the lethargic atmosphere after a meal, or solitary early mornings. You can find...
https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2021/12/03/meet-this-author-3/ Book review An absolutely wonderful book. I really enjoyed the concept and the character of Nora. The narrative explores the fundamental saying 'the grass is always greener' in a new and...
1. How did you start as a writer? When I was about 23, I wrote a book of horror stories which I typed on an old Underwood typewriter. At the time I didn’t have the faintest idea about publishing, so I put them in a file folder...
As readers the greatest gift we can receive are books or gift cards to buy books! It was by chance that I received two bookstore gift cards and as a veracious reader was, of course delighted. Then comes the problem - which books do I buy? With so many to choose from...
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Editing encompasses several elements in order to achieve a well-polished manuscript for submission. Editing includes among other things, continuity, grammar, spelling, character development, revisions to scenes etc. the list is...