Review:Cameron obviously intends with this book to offer motivation for writers, would-be writers, and, interestingly, everyone else too, since she firmly believes that EVERYONE is a writer at heart and everyone SHOULD write. I don't think everyone should be a writer any more than everyone should be a dog trainer (it has nothing to do with talent, by the way, and everything to do with doing what you LIKE). Once you get past that premise, is her advice for freeing up your writing useful? What she t... Read more

Review:I became interested in this book after reading "I know this much is true" and "She's come undone". I was hesitant to buy it after reading that it was not written by Lamb but after reading some of the reviews I decided to take a chance on it. I finished the book in 2 days. I couldn't put it down.

The stories really are sometimes hard to hear, but it feels like something that needs to be heard. The stories in the book do humanize these writers who are criminals - but they are humans firs... Read more

Review:This book lays out a concise strategy for writing and gives very good advice for creating, structuring, revising and submitting your research paper. Many of the strategies are applicable in other forms of writing as well. Well worth your time and money. Read it at least twice then refer to it often! Read more

Review:It was nice to refresh my memory on the early books, as I always forget what happened in what book. I bought the Kindle Fire version and my only wish, was that it had page numbers and a chapter index so I could pop back and forth easily. I enjoyed the questions and answers and opinions Diana Gabaldon provides throughout. Now, on to the second Outlandish Companion book for the remaining books. Read more

Review:So I have never been interested in reading a book written by Scott Westerfeld, until I came across "Afterworlds". Now I know that it was the price of the book for .97 at a thrift store that I found interesting!
In my opinion Darcy's story dragged on and on which made her sections of the book so boring. Halfway through the book I stopped reading about Darcy and focused only on Lizzie!! Lizzie's story ROCKED!!
I truly wish Mr. Westerfeld would've written just about Lizzie and not Darcy. At t... Read more

Review:What could have been a gimmick for selling a book - creating booths where everyday folk could enter undisturbed and simply talk about experiences, life, pain, joy, sorrow and exhilaration to be later transcribed and edited into a book of 'interviews' - has in the hands of StoryCorps Project's Dave Isay become a verbal history of this country at a time when positive reinforcement is so desperately needed.

In a short but tender Introduction Isay sets the tenor: 'StoryCorps is built on a fe... Read more

Review:Working through a manuscript with this book was both eye opening and a bit painful. So much, so wrong (with my writing not the book's). Oh my. I'm not complaining, mind you. My work has benefited. The book is both helpful and constructive, perhaps the single best volume on content editing I've come across, and I read many. The tone is just right with no accusations but also no coddling.

Others have gone over the content of Self Editing for Fiction Writers in detail. All I have to say is d... Read more

Review:Laughing Without an Accent is every bit as good as Funny in Farsi, her first book, with insights into the cultural differences faced by Mrs. Dumas.
This book was also read by friends and family and all loved it! Read more

Review:I read Bella Tuscany, by Frances Mayes (she of Under the Tuscan Sun fame), while on vacation. This is the kind of armchair traveling that I love. Mayes writes of Tuscany in language dripping with both adoration and vibrant description. She writes of food, of gardens, of little side trips she and her husband take. It's an easy, quick read, with some recipes sprinkled in here and there that I will probably try. Worth looking in to.

And now I feel that I have to go to Italy in the spring. He... Read more

Review:This review is one of the hardest I've ever had to write. So, I'm going for simplicity because I'm still too overwhelmed to articulate more.

My heart ached. My skin prickled. My mind fought.

Christina Lauren are the most incredibly talented writing duo I know. In every page, I knew they'd spent ages researching, reading, listening, and watching. Empathy and understanding coated every page. Every word. Every breath.

Read Autoboyography if you're ready to wear your heart on yo... Read more