The Amateur Book Blogger: Work in Progress -

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Work in Progress -

Please bear with me whilst we have a blog makeover. Now I know how people feel who get in help to remodel their kitchen - you can't cook whilst they do the work, and it feels as though nothing is where it belongs, and there's lots of dust lying around waiting till they clean up after the work is finished. I'm told we will be done on Friday - watch this space. I'm still optimistic I'll love the new look, and I hope you will too.

3 comments:

Rebecca Ramsey said...: The blog looks fantastic! I love the header!
And thank you for finding me! Juggling writing with family life is a challenge but what fodder they give for the pen!
I'm glad to meet you!
Becky; August 23, 2008
ORION said...: aloha! I answered your question!; August 23, 2008
the Amateur Book Blogger said...: Thanks for stopping by Rebecca and Patricia. I'm thrilled to have you here, despite the chaos - work-still-in-progress. A whole new room layout on the way.; August 25, 2008

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This is my writing scrapbook. An assortment of all things related to writing: book and author promotion, events, competitions, writing related opportunities and relevant industry news. Ideas, images and things to inspire...and occasional socio-economic politics because so often the Big Decisions make big changes for the little people which too often go unseen A throw back to my study days....

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Quotes

" I truly believe the Internet is a way to connect with readers and other writers in such a unique way. " (March 2008)

Patricia Wood, Orange Prize 2008 Shortlist Nominee

“A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.”

Leo Rosten 1908-1997

"Some writers try to be clever and complicated. Often the simple things are the best."

Ann Kelley, Costa Childrens Fiction Prize Winner, 2007

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”

Frederick Buechner
(ref: Rebecca Ramsey)

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe