by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jan 16, 2025 | Blog Thoughts
‘Nothing in life is more necessary than friendship.’ – Aristotle Everyone needs friends, right? But what kind of friend, and how many? Over the past two years, life events have caused changes in my friendship circle, so naturally, being chronic contemplator* that I...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jan 15, 2025 | For Writers
Promotion is one-way communication aimed at inspiring action. (Buy My Book!) Community Building is two-way communication aimed at building connections and strengthening relationships. (Let’s chat and get to know one another!) A successful writer uses both. ...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog Thoughts
I’ve developed a fascination for Perry Mason. Not those TV movies from the 1980s and 90s, but the original series from 1957-1966. Mason, as you may or may not know, was the creation of novelist Erle Stanley Gardner who first wrote about him in 1933. Since then...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jan 13, 2025 | Blog Thoughts, For Writers
John Madden famously said, “If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.” What he didn’t mention is that once you step off the porch, you might have to fight to for your fair share of the yard. It’s not that the other dogs want you to stay...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jan 10, 2025 | Barb's Book Reviews
When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward Last but not least on this week’s revisit is my bestie’s historical fiction debut. A title that’s still sitting on the Canadian bestseller list, I might add. WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT revolves around...
