
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge uprightly among men?
No, in your hearts you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth
(Psalm 58:1-2 NIV).
If you are a reader, you should write book reviews.
If you are a writer, you have a responsibility to write reviews. Other authors are not your competitors; they are your colleagues, your community. You benefit from interacting with them. Your insights about their work help them. You know how exacting the writing life is; you’re in the trenches. Your response is even more revealing that what non-writing readers give.
Here are some things you can include in a book review:
When you’ve written your review, send it out into the world.
Now it’s your turn. If you are an author, do you read your reviews? Do you appreciate a review written following the tips above? What other advice would you offer to reviewers? Please share in the comments below.
Gorgeous artwork that will make your creative fingers itch to make more.
I have a recommendation for you. If you have access to Netflix and you’d like to see a different Santa movie, watch Klaus.
I have always been the family’s go-to recipient for things they no longer wanted, but deemed too good to throw out. As a result, I have bags of sewing notions and boxes of supplies for making miniatures.
At the International Quilt Festival this year, one of the booths displayed a small metal dress-maker’s form clothed in lace scraps. I adapted that idea to the supplies I had on hand, to make some textile angel Christmas decorations.
Here are the supplies I used:
(If you want to use similar porcelain doll heads, Factory Direct Craft looks to be a good source. I haven’t purchased anything from them myself, because I am already covered up with these things.)
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