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...
Month: December 2021
Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – My Book Reading Stats for 2021
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...
Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – A Holiday Book Themed Project and Writing Time
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,...
Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – My Winter Poem and a Book Review
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...
Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Holiday Time Writing Tips
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...
Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – An Interview, a Book review and a Short Story
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...
Creative Edge Author Interview – Robert P. French
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...
Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Choosing A Book to Read
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...
Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – The Dreaded Editing Process
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...
