Readers of this blog are no strangers to one of my favorite online writing resources, One Stop for Writers. Now, the co-creators of that marvelous website, Becca Puglisi and Angela Ackerman, have added two more thesauri (yes, that really is an acceptable form of the plural!) to their awesome collection of self-published books. (Here is Becca's post… Continue reading The Setting Thesaurus Books Are Here: Help Becca And Angela Celebrate!
I have a habit of buying books. I'm particularly prone to this "vice" when attending writers conferences. But fortunately for you, I like giving away the books after I've read them. Culling through my shelves recently, I found Cynthea Liu's young adult book, The Great Call of China which I apparently bought at a SCBWI-Carolinas event in 2009. It's… Continue reading Cynthea Liu's "The Great Call of China": A Review and a Giveaway
Congratulations to Clara Gillow Clark who won EMPTY PLACES by Kathy Wiechman. Illustrators and artists have brushes, pencils, and digital tools. Similarly, writers have their own set of tools: journals, laptops, and a wide array of websites, blogs, and online resources. In today's blog I'm featuring my new "go-to" website: One Stop for Writers. The… Continue reading One Stop for Writers: The Place to Go!
As writers, we know how much blood, sweat, tears and perseverance it takes to "birth" a book. Countless hours of research, writing, and revising are behind every well-honed book. Every once in a while, something comes along that makes this process easier. I'm happy to share a brand new resource with all of you. Last week,… Continue reading One Stop for Writers: An Online Library Like No Other