I am pleased to welcome Mark Peter Hughes to my blog. I read Mark’s book, I am the Wallpaper, earlier this year. It’s a coming-of-age story where the voice is spot on and I knew I wanted to interview the author. Here is my review of I am the Wallpaper. I am the Wallpaper, is Mark’s…
Come on. Admit it. Have you ever dreamed of being discovered? Or wondered what it would be like to be dressed in sumptuous designer clothes, strut down a runway and strike a pose? Do you enjoy watching shows like Project Runway or America’s Top Model? Melissa Walker (photo credit: Quito Ziegler), author of the Violet…
The 2008 WBBT has officially begun. Here is the schedule. I am so pleased to bring you four talented writers, that have intrigued me in some way. They have been generous with their time and I know you are going to love what they have to say. Plus, we have Book Giveaways! Here…
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle Constant dripping hollows out a stone. -Lucretius ————————————- My children were anxious to play with their friends when they came home from…
Do you know what happens when you have coffee next to your laptop and your five-year-old decides she wants to pick up the cup? It’s a good thing she makes me smile. Thankfully, I had a lid on the cup. Only a few drops spilled. On two keys. But I still panicked. We’ve all heard…
My children have this habit of writing on themselves. Don’t know where this need for self-expression comes from. Look what I found tattooed across five-year-old’s feet… © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. © 2007 – 2010 Vivian Lee Mahoney – All Rights Reserved.
I’ll admit it. I find Albert Einstein fascinating. This controversial genius’s opinion was sought out for everything–science, religion, politics, love. I won’t pretend to understand all his scientific discoveries, but his wisdom, when taken from quotes, is quite something when you apply it to writing. Need help with setting up or resolving conflict? Love? Working…
This takes the cake. While our national economy is going haywire, the Republican National Party has spent $150,000 in clothes and makeup for Sarah Palin and her family. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In two months. Obviously, one would want a makeover before going into the national spotlight…but $150,000 worth? Since late August?…
In 1977, I was a high school freshman. The movie, Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta, was a huge hit. Some of the kids in my class had parents who let them watch it; I was not one of them. It didn’t really bother me. I had the beat of the music dancing…
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