Friday, January 14, 2011

Another Writing Quote

"I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others"

- Moliere

Writing Quote

"I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done."

-Steven Wright

Saturday, July 24, 2010

From: The Faerie Path ~ By Frewin Jones ~

Come, tarry in the rose garden, while the summer lasts
For soon the flowers that bloom in June shall fall to winter's blast
And you must go, and I must stay, a martial music calls
Come, tarry in the rose garden, ere the twilight falls

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Writing Group Meeting




Some of my friends and I have a writing group. We had our first meeting.




Thursday, June 24, 2010

I Guess I Was Wrong

I normally read fantasy......if you couldn't already tell that:) Anyway, once in a while I'll read a classic something by Janet Oak or Louisa May Alcott but never, Never, anything by Beverly Lewis. And of course I don't mean Beverly Lewis is a bad writer or anything but I never could get into any of her books and, to my shame, I thought her very boring. But one day I was walking through the library and I came across her books. I looked at them, wondering how anyone could get into these when I saw one entitled The Secret. These are the books my mom had been reading......huh, I wonder what they're about, was what I thought as I picked it up. I looked at the back and read:






In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep and wander deep in the night? And why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, the quiet life Grace has known is irrevocably altered, leaving her to question all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment.



I looked around and saw a chair to my left. Well, I don't have anything better to read at the moment, I thought and took the book with me, sat down and started reading. I had read a page or two of the prologue when I noticed my mom would be coming to pick me up soon. I was surprised by my next thought. I wanted to check this book out! This book! By Beverly Lewis, the writer I had once sworn I would never read anything by. But the next thought that came knocked every intention of checking this book out, out of my head. I had forgotten my library card. So I put it back and waited outside for my mom.
Weeks passed and I was back in the world of fantasy. Where I belong :) I soon forgot about The Secret and I couldn't care less. But the day came when I was once again looking around the library trying to kill time before my mom picked me up. That's when I remembered The Secret. I walked over to it and picked it up. Well, why not? I took it upstairs to a bean bag chair and started reading it again. After a bit I was reading avidly and when the time came to go, I checked it out.



The book sits beside me as I type and I'm almost half way done. I'm enjoying it very much.
Well, I can not stay away from it too long, so for now...........

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

From: The Two Princesses Of Bamarre ~ By Gail Carson Levine

"Drualt took Freya's warm hand,
Her strong hand,
Her sword hand,
And presses it to his lips,
Pressed it to his heart.
'Come with me,' he said.
'Come with me to battle,
My love, Tarry at my side.
Stay with me
When battle is done.
Tarry at my side.
Laugh with me,
And walk with me
The long, long way.
Tarry with me,
My love, at my side.' "

Monday, May 31, 2010

Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Book Two, Searching For Dragons, By Patricia C. Wrede

OK, so I finished Book Two. It was really good as well. It has a very unexpected ending and the best part was that it was even more funny then the first one. I love books with humor and it was the best kind, too. It wasn't just jokes, it wasn't just the grumpy gargoyle, it was the sarcastic witch that really did it for me. I would burst out laughing at the way she talks sometimes. This one had so much adventure, too! The wizards are back and they are up to no good. It starts with a king, a mystery, giants, a broken magic carpet, a magic sword, and it ends with a wedding.



I recommend this book as well.