Entries Tagged as ‘Book Excerpts’

December 19, 2007

Christmas is Drawing Near

Though Christmas is nearly here, like everyone else I suppose, I’m not quite ready. There are more presents to buy and wrap. I don’t have my Christmas Eve or dinner menu decided. The Christmas tree is decorated, but our three cats are quickly undecorating it.
We attended a retirement party for our eldest daughter in [...]

October 31, 2007

Digging a Little Deeper

Today I’m a reflective mood, perhaps because I see no solution to what I’m feeling. Is not easy sometimes to analyze what’s going on in our life and to find solutions and conclusions to the events that present itself. Maybe will help me dig a little deeper to extract the valuable lessons I must learn [...]

April 6, 2007

Advice on writing from some pros

There’s a lot that just about anyone, including myself, can say about writing. But right now, I’d like to directly offer up pieces of advice from some long-established pros. These snippets are excerpted from longer essays and books. I will put the name and title of the work here also so readers can look up [...]

February 9, 2007

Why is He Different

I so hold this book near and dear to my heart. It has really made a difference in some people’s lives since it deals with the very serious and very real autism and the learning disbility of ADHD. It’s geared towards younger readers.
Kyle is a 1st grader and can sometimes act [...]

January 7, 2007

An Excerpt from “The Thief Maker” by D. H. Schleicher

The following is an excerpt from my new novel, The Thief Maker.
copyright 2006 by David H. Schleicher.
http://davethenovelist.wordpress.com
The Thief Maker can be purchased from Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com or anywhere fine books are sold.
December 24, 1983
William Tells
        William Donovan was an eleven-year-old boy living in a cramped, one-bedroom apartment with his mother and two younger [...]

January 4, 2007

Simplicity Comes From Within

Simplicity