Writing

The Sunday Salon (10)

March 18, 2012

I ♥ the Tournament of Books! Seriously. I am in love. How is the Tournament of Books not shouted from the roof tops? I know I’ve kind of heard rumblings about it before, but how is it I never followed it before?! I’m having a hard time even putting my love into words. First things [...]

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On Writing, by Stephen King

October 16, 2009

Title: On Writing Author: Stephen King Pages: 297 Publisher: Pocket Books Copyright: 2000 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ So, I’ve never read much by Stephen King. I’ve read the short story/novella “Hearts in Atlantis,” the short story “1408,” and the first 500 or so pages of The Stand. But, I couldn’t resist his book on writing, [...]

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Grit for the Oyster, by Suzanne Woods Fisher, et al.

November 3, 2008

Welcome to today’s stop on the blog tour of Grit for the Oyster, by Suzanne Woods Fisher, Debora M. Coty, Faith Tibbetts McDonald, and Joanna Bloss! Grit for the Oyster: 250 Pearls of Wisdom for Aspiring Writers is a book designed to give Christian writers encouragement throughout the writing process. The book is divided into [...]

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Shimmering Images, by Lisa Dale Norton

September 23, 2008

Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir is a short little book full of useful advice and instruction. A “shimmering image” is “a memory that rises in your consciousness like a photograph pulsing with meaning.” Norton defines these as the bedrock of memoir and endeavors to help you mine them from your life. [...]

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Writing a Book Review

June 9, 2008

Writing book reviews is something we all (all of us book bloggers, anyway) do. We write to critique writing. So, my question is, what is your review-writing process? Pre-Writing: Reading the Book Reading Notes. Generally speaking, I don’t take notes on books as I read. This, I have learned, causes some problems when I sit [...]

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